Category Archives: At Sea

Well another 24 hours and I think I’m getting use to the shifts. Feeling a load better after drinking lots of water and eating some salty things. 3am shift this morning started out watching a few squalls about 10 miles … Continue reading →

(My last blog said day 1 but it should have read day 0 – to be edited later) My day 1 began with my 3 hour shift from midnight to 3am. It passed pretty uneventfully although during the shift the … Continue reading →

Finally got out of Costa Rica!! The last few days back on the boat sorting things out before heading off have been so hot. I made the mistake of walking back from Puntarenas (4Km) with loads of shopping in late … Continue reading →

We finally left the Costa Rica Yacht Club, Puntarenus by high tide. Steve managed to get our clearance paper with no more hick ups. John and I completed our last bit of prepping the boat. We fueled up to the … Continue reading →

I’m on my midnight watch, the winds are light and we’re motor sailing. We have, as the crow flies, 688nm to go. There are no crows out here which is fitting as we won’t be going the route they would … Continue reading →