The passage from Mahajanga to Richard’s Bay South Africa is about 1100 miles on and was to be my last aboard Obelisk. It’s a very technical and challenging passage for two main reasons; strong and extremely variable currents and the…
Passage: Reunion to Madagascar
We all had a great time in Reunion, but by the time we set sail out of St Pierre on October 26th we were more than ready to get to Africa. Before we could start the big sail, around 550…
Passage: Mauritius to Reunion
We sailed back down to Port Louis to that we could check out of the country. They were closed by the time we arrived so we spent a night tied up to the customs dock, then checked out in the…
Passage: Rodrigues to Mauritius
This passage was a relatively quick and easy 350 miles and it took us about 45 hours. Our two new French crew shared a watch and besides getting seasick they did fine. We had nice weather until the morning we…
Passage: Cocos to Rodrigues
After 14 days, 2000 nautical miles, and way too much excitement, we ‘re finally on dry land! A passage as long as this is difficult if everything goes perfectly but is infinitely more taxing when things don’t go as planned.…
Photos Update
Haven’t had internet in a while so finally getting a chance to update some photos.
Passage: Krakatoa to Cocos
We set sail from Krakatoa for Cocos Keeling on the morning of the 20th. Cocos Keeling is a tiny atoll that lies in the Indian Ocean 635 miles to the southwest of Krakatoa. Its part of Australia and has a…
5 Days at Sea
There wasn’t much wind to start our passage, so we motored until around noon on the 6th. In the early afternoon we suddenly came into a steady and stiff wind, we’d finally entered the northern reaches of the trade winds.…
Telos to Mentawais
We stayed at the same anchorage in the Batu islands from 8/3-8/5, surfing the right hand point break that was just a short paddle from the boat. It never got big, the swell has still been tiny for this time…
Telos
The day after my birthday celebration everyone was moving a little slow, but we decided to go for a cruise and check for some surf on the surrounding islands. There hasnt been any significant swells in the last couple weeks,…