Brizo - Panama. Boat is ready, just need to do the provisioning and ready for the Canal to the Pacific. All goes as planned. More or less.

Panama. Boat is ready, just need to do the provisioning and ready for the Canal to the Pacific. All goes as planned. More or less.

Brizo

Dmitri

Thu 13 Mar 2014 02:38

Blog Entries

2014

Dec 2014

Sat 27 Dec 03:37
- Palm Beach, Pittwater, preparing to sail for Sydney tomorrow
Fri 19 Dec 00:41
- anchored at Bobbin Head (near Empire Bay Marina). Beautiful.
Tue 16 Dec 00:36
- Moored at Brookilin (near Hawkesbury River Station)
Mon 8 Dec 00:30
- Port Stephens
Sat 6 Dec 10:24
- Gold Coast, rain, thunder.
Tue 2 Dec 07:07
- Arrived to Gold Coast, anchoring near Sea World.

Nov 2014

Sat 22 Nov 06:40
- Tin Can Inlet
Thu 20 Nov 10:27
- Anchored near Fraser Island
Sun 9 Nov 03:54
- Arrived home! We are in Austrailia!
Sun 2 Nov 19:21
- Just entered Hervey Bay, it is so big...
- No wind now, but more coming at night
Sat 1 Nov 19:01
- Were sailing all night. Into the wind...
- Were sailing until now, wind dropped again.

Oct 2014

Fri 31 Oct 17:51
- Finally feeling some wind, may be will sail today?
- Forecasted useful wind tonight, we will see.
Thu 30 Oct 21:43
Tue 28 Oct 22:08
- No wind, sunny, ocean like glass. Amazing.
- Finally on our way to Australia. Pleased with good start.
Sun 19 Oct 06:02
- Finally in Noumea. Can' blieve it, just one week of sailing left to home.
Sat 18 Oct 01:40
- No wind, lazy ocean, motoring 5knots
Fri 17 Oct 08:05
- Position report
Thu 16 Oct 22:34
- Still windy and wavy. At least sunny now.
- Showers, windy, dark... who said sailing was fun?
Wed 15 Oct 00:06
- Position report
- Position report
Tue 14 Oct 05:54
- On our way to New Caledonia
Fri 10 Oct 07:53
- Returned to Saweni bay, preparing for departure
Tue 7 Oct 10:19
- Somosomo Bay, Meeting the locals, Kava Ceremony...
Sat 4 Oct 02:22
- Arrived to Blue Lagoon. Will stay here for a few days. Very nice place.
Fri 3 Oct 02:18
- On the way to our "holiday spot. Just caught a big barracuda, decided to stop for a feast.
Thu 2 Oct 02:32
- Finally exploring Yasawa group. First overnight stop.

Sep 2014

Tue 30 Sep 04:48
- Out of the marina, making plans where to go.
Tue 23 Sep 09:45
- On the hard in Vuda Point Marina
Mon 22 Sep 05:14
- Waiting for haulout at Vuda Point tomorrow
Thu 18 Sep 06:33
- Western side of Viti Levu. Beautiful sunset. Best of all sunsets of this trip.
Tue 16 Sep 06:46
- On the way to Western side. Beqa island, secluded anchorage. Alone.
- Suva, doing formalities
Thu 11 Sep 07:00
- Tomorrow should arrive to Suva. For now - motorsailing in light wind
Wed 10 Sep 07:07
- Second day of sailing to Fiji. Will come close to the reefs in the morning
Tue 9 Sep 07:06
- Tonga to Fiji, sailed all day until this point. There is not much wind.
Sun 7 Sep 02:57
- Arrived to Tonga! 9 days as planned.
Fri 5 Sep 04:10
- 7 days. Sailing well, 240 miles left.
Thu 4 Sep 02:55
- 6 days, 14:00 boat time (UTC-11) sailing again in 15 knots, pleasant.
Wed 3 Sep 05:30
- 5 days are gone. 700 miles behind, 500 miles left. Heading for Vava'u group of Tonga
Tue 2 Sep 00:38
- Finally sunny! Wind lighter and more into "our" direction. Heading for Tonga.
Mon 1 Sep 06:04
- Making progress, first time we had sunshine and now moon and stars through the clouds.

Aug 2014

Sun 31 Aug 00:38
- 48 hours into the passage. 280 miles, not bad. Started curving the route towards Tonga.
Sat 30 Aug 04:41
- On the way to Tonga (are we going through Suwarow?)
Sun 24 Aug 07:49
- Maupihaa atoll. Wonderful place.
Sat 23 Aug 03:06
- On our way to Maupihaa atoll. Caminante is behind us, can still see their sail.
Wed 13 Aug 05:44
- Arrived to Bora Bora. Bora Bora! That's something....
Tue 12 Aug 05:31
- Moved to Tahaa island, closer to so called "coral gardens". Tomorrow will check it out and then sail to Bora Bora.
Sun 10 Aug 22:31
- Riatea. One night of motorsailing due to lack of wind.
Tue 5 Aug 04:47
- Moved to spectacular Moorea island. Just a few hours motorsailing (no wind today).

Jul 2014

Sat 5 Jul 04:26
- Arried to Tahiti. TAHITI !!!
Thu 3 Jul 23:28
- Second day of sailing to Tahiti, more waves and wind, thankfully now moderating to 15-2kt
- On our way to Tahiti

Jun 2014

Sun 29 Jun 18:48
- What a wonderful place.
Wed 25 Jun 00:38
- Visiting a local family, what a beautiful sheltered anchorage, very welcoming people.
Mon 23 Jun 02:31
- Finally at Ahe atoll. It is so peaceful and postcard like here!
Sun 22 Jun 00:45
- 99 miles left to sail. Hoping to be at Ahe in the morning.
Sat 21 Jun 02:58
- Good progress today with 20kt wind most of the day. Passed 1/2 distance mark as planned in the morning.
Thu 19 Jun 19:05
- Second day of sailing started, all is good with comfortable weather and small waves.
- Finally sailng to Tuamotus! Nice weather, light winds. Hoping to get there in 4 days.

May 2014

Apr 2014

Mar 2014

Sun 30 Mar 22:24
- Enjoying Isla del Ray, smooth anchorage, coconut palm beach (so tasty coconuts), lost some skin getting them from the trees. Totally worth it!
Sat 29 Mar 01:38
- Looking for a beach with palm trees. This seems to be difficult here. Will continue tomorrow.
Wed 26 Mar 01:55
- Arrived to Las Perlas! Postcard type tropical paradise, what a contrast after Panama City
Sat 22 Mar 01:58
Thu 13 Mar 02:38
- Panama. Boat is ready, just need to do the provisioning and ready for the Canal to the Pacific. All goes as planned. More or less.
Sun 9 Mar 21:53
- Shelter Bay Marina (Colon): getting ready

2013

Aug 2013

Jul 2013

Wed 3 Jul 00:00
- Arriving to Kralendijk, Bonaire, catching mooring buoy right near town. Beautiful.

Jun 2013

Sun 30 Jun 07:00
- Left Prickly Bay, sailing to Bonaire
Sun 9 Jun 11:00
- Sailed to Prickly Bay for repairs 11:59.8N 61:45.8W
Sat 8 Jun 07:30
- Arrived to Grenada, st. Georges Bay 12:02.5N 61:45.7W
Fri 7 Jun 12:00
- Propeller Lost after dodgy repairs in St Lucia 13:08.9N 62:39.0W
Mon 3 Jun 00:46

May 2013

Mon 27 May 02:07
- Arrived to St. Lucia, great anchorage in Rodney Harbour (windy though) 14:04.5N 60:57.66W
Sat 25 May 21:39
Fri 24 May 16:46
Wed 22 May 00:32
- 14:44.6N 61:10.7W
Mon 20 May 03:33
- 15:34.85N 61:27.75W
Thu 16 May 23:39
- 15:52.3N 61:35.2W
- 16:10.4N 61:46.9W
Wed 15 May 02:24
Mon 13 May 02:34
- 17:09.06N 62:37.87W
Sun 12 May 03:16
- 17:15.00N 62:39.6W
Wed 8 May 13:47
- 17:55.5N 62:52.2W

Apr 2013

Fri 26 Apr 07:08
- 18:03.02N 64:59.52W
Thu 25 Apr 11:19
- 18:25.53N 64:37.23W