Night Sailing: Dream or Nightmare?
Night sailing can be the best time on a boat; sometimes it’s just plain stressful.
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Sailing dangers of Indonesia
Crossing at night is not normally a concern. But the Gulf of Tomini is crowded with rumpons (fish aggregating devices, aka FADs). They lie in wait to snare you in their lines. And more dangerously, their solid floating platforms can put a hole in your boat.
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Sailing Overnight to Sulawesi (we hit a log)
During this passage, we left in thunder and lightning and sailed for 150 miles across a shipping lane in ever-changing winds. Overnight sails in south-east Asia are particularly challenging, not least because the waters are full of obstacles that you can’t see in the dark. Like logs.
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What is the most scary thing about sailing?
“Why would you go out there? Don’t you like Terra Firma? The firmer it is, the less terrified I am, so why do it?”
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There’s something in the air…
A few days ago, while at anchor, the light was dull and the sun trying to break through the clouds. We couldn’t believe what we were seeing!
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Pirate Alley: Rhumb Do, Rhumb Don’t
This week’s podcast is our 40th episode! It finds us caught up in fishing nets again, slap bang in the centre of pirate alley. In last week’s episode Lo Brust, the rally leader aboard his boat Mistral, had successfully thrown a line to Jean-Claud and Marlene aboard Anthea. Anthea is now being towed by Mistral. It didn’t take long for another two boats to run into trouble… as well as each other. Patience is a commodity that can run out. Hope you enjoy this week’s drama, and don’t forget we provide a direct download link if you don’t use iTunes.
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Turkey To Egypt Part 1
We promised you a podcast of our crossing and so here it is: this is the first of two 20 minute podcasts, documenting our 400nm crossing from Turkey to Port Said, Egypt. In this episode we break things and talk about various aspects of navigation and night sailing. This is the perfect podcast for introducing you landlubbers to the wonders of sailing, especially if you have never stepped on board a boat before. Download it to your iPod or notebook, or play it direct via the ‘play’ button. Enjoy!
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