Quick Posts
Short updates on where Anjea is and what we are up to.
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The Saints
‘Saint Helenaians’ just doesn’t work, so they call themselves ‘The Saints’ and have made us wonderfully welcome. Merel has been spending nights ashore at The Consulate, a wonderful shabby-chic …
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Saint Helena
“There’s a red light in front of us” says Merel as I take over the watch at 0500. On deck I can see a distinct slow flashing red light, then a white light – St Helena.
As the dawn light …
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A Crescent Moon
The engine conked out during my watch because we forgot to transfer the fuel over on time. I put up the genoa. And thought to myself well I’m sure Dave will love to sort it out on his watch later …
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Tickling the Nuts on the Green Bilge Monster
The engine stopped on Merel’s watch last night. There was a little wind so she set the sails, switched on the transfer pump to fill the day tank and left it at that. I came on watch and we were …
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Windless
The sun shines, the air and water are both 26 C, Anjea moves comfortably across the long, low ocean swells. We have a bit of tied down genoa out just to stabilize the rolling as we move gently …
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Mindfulness
We started off on a broad reach and now we’ve been running downwind wing on wing the last few days. Anjea rocks from side to side and sometimes there’s a little forward and backward tilting too …
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Halfway, More Curlicues and the Return of Grumpy Dave
Well, our woes with pumps are not over. The seawater pressure pump sprayed saltwater all over the electrics in the bottom of the cupboard it lives under causing the boat data network to die. It’s a …
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Merel's Story
It’s been very rolly since we left Walvis. 2-3 meter waves most of them coming from the south, some come from the middle of nowhere while your not looking sending a spray over the deck and into the …
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Renewal
Every journey is a journey of self discovery. Sailing, I have discovered once again, is best done as short hops of less than a day, or long passages of more than a week. Sailing a yacht is …
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Beware Strange Noises
During Merel’s watch I got up to investigate a strange noise that I thought was coming from the galley. But when I stood in the galley it seemed it was coming from outside, so I gave up and went back …