Hema and I had a good flight to St. Lucia and as we approached the West Indies the cloud formations changed to lots of mini cotton wool balls, which I am told is fair weather cloud. As we came in to land the aircraft dipped its wing and there was St. Lucia in all its [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Roxy’
Linda & Hema arrive St Lucia and more
Posted in St Lucia, tagged beards, boat, crew, happy, Hema, home, John, Katharine, Mark, repairs, Rodney Bay, Roxy, rum, St Lucia, tea, Tristan, twins on December 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Squalls, they come on you fast and they leave you fast!
Posted in Crossing, tagged Christmas, cockpit, crew, dark, dolphin, fishing, fruit, home, Katharine, knots, Mark, Maximillian, Old Grey Beard, quiz, Roxy, sailing, sails, skipper, St Lucia, Tristan, whale, yacht on December 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today’s update is from Tristan: Well the day started well as Old Grey Beard whipped up some fantastic omlettes as we slowly trugged along at a frustrating five knots! A number of people jokingly asked me if scurvy would be a problem on our expedition before we set sail. I assured them it wouldn’t be [...]
News from Roxy
Posted in Crossing, tagged Atlantic, boat, boys, cockpit, crew, Katharine, Maximillian, Roxy, sailing, scary, skipper, yacht on December 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I am getting very good at sailing! It’s fairly easy so far because the wind is always behind our boat and we haven’t needed to do very much. The crew seem to spend a lot of time reading books, talking, listening to music and eating meals! They usually change the sails a bit around sunset [...]
Update from Tristan
Posted in Crossing, tagged blue cheese, boat, cockpit, crew, Dad, fishing, funny, helm, Katharine, knots, Mark, Old Grey Beard, problem, quiz, Roxy, sailing on December 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
What I would give for more than 6 hours in a bed that doesn’t think its a bucking broncho! Having heard a loud bang and wondered if the mast has fallen into the dawnlit sea I pop my head out of the hatch to see Mark and Dad in the cockpit looking unworried. Before I [...]
First catch & fun and games with the generator, again.
Posted in Crossing, tagged beautiful, boat, cooking, crew, Dad, dark, engine, fishing, generator, helm, horizon, John, Mark, Maximillian, moon, problem, Roxy, sailing, Skyelark, swell, Tristan, VHF, yacht on November 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It may not have done our average speed any favours, but we had the most beautiful day’s sailing yesterday. The swell was running much more easily and right behind us so that we surfed the waves without any crazy slewing around which was fun. The sun was out and the sails were balanced really nicely [...]
Time flies when… you insist on changing the rigging all the time!
Posted in Crossing, tagged Dad, exciting, fishing, genoa, Mark, mizzen, Roxy, sails, sea-sickness, spinnaker booms, Tristan, VHF, yacht on November 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We can’t quite believe it’s already our fourth day at sea, boredom certainly hasn’t set in yet, although we did all get up to take a look at a buoy floating past us this morning! Hints at the similiarity of what we see most of the time at the moment! Mark & I were getting [...]
