Charleston, SC to the North Newport River, GAI awoke Monday, October 18th, to find a beautiful red rose, a wonderful card and a fresh Krispy Kreme donut from the Captain for my birthday. What a guy!From my in-laws, via Todd, I also received a very coo…
Aitutaki to Palmerston Island and onwards to Niue
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately(for me) it is also worth about a thousand dollars to Stratos (KVH), the f***ers who bill me for my oh-so-pricey at sea satellite internet service. It takes an age to upload, so no photos until…
Winter ready
After a lot of work, and about one mile of string to keep the tarp secured we are ready to leave Le rêve for the winter. With the radar arch folded down and a tarp over the boat you never know you were looking at Le rêve!
Chattanooga. What a cool name for a city.
Anna and I arrived in Chattanooga filled with excitement in anticipation of the arrival of my Mom and Dad. It has been almost six months since we had last seen them, that is far to long if you ask me. We had spent the past few day plan…
Report From Onboard Jenny
Please do not include the following text in a reply. ============================== ======================Thursday , October 28, 2010 3:18:16 PM Location: Key West at anchor Latitude is 24 degrees 34.892 minutes north. Longitude is 81 degrees 48…
Day 20 Norfolk/Portsmouth VA
We finally had a day for travel though a short day 4.5 hours at 12 knots. We made it to Norfolk/Portsmouth and are now mins to the ICW. Weather on the Bay was overcast but no rain, waves were comfortable a bit choppy at the mouth of the bay going int…
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 – Puerto Escondido
Friday, October 22, 2010 – Cruising down Cerralvo Channel The outboard was quickly repaired, I don’t understand the technical issue but apparently the motor should now start more easily than ever before. We had planned to leave on Wednesday morni…
Voyage to new Zealand
1st leg. Tahiti to Aitutaki, Cook Islands- October 20-25th 2010Marina Hanbury, Edo Flisi, new Captain Adrian Midwood and myself, have completed this leg of Lone Wolf’s voyage. First, we stopped for the night at Bora Bora. There, I met a Polynesian tr…
Amy’s and Steve & Jane Wilson’s visit
We had planned to enter Dalyan harbour for the period of Amy’s visit, and for Steve & Jane’s arrival, but at the last moment were advised there was no room. It’s preferable to be in a harbour when leaving Envoy for several hours at a time, but we…
Pulling up anchor
For as much fun as anchoring can be, there is a dark, smelly and dirty side. To start with, the rule of thumb in how much scope to put out (scope is meant in this case chain or rope you set out) is 5-7 ft of chain for every one foot of depth. Our depth…
