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When it got light enough to see outside this morning, I had a flash of déja vu. My rigging looked as if Olleanna had spent

20h00 UTC There is a good reason that GPS was invented. It’s to stop amateurs like me from throwing sextants, nautical almanacs or chronometers (or

We’re making some great progress through the water at the moment with two of the best day’s runs of the trip so far on yesterday

I think I can safely say we’re through the doldrums now. We’ve had 30 hours of 15-20 knot NE wind allowing me to set a

Today marks exactly a month at sea since I left Cape Town and what a wonderful month it’s been. The contrasts between the cold sea

I’ve had another wet and wild night and another beaut of a day. And now it’s quite calm outside but pouring with rain! I’ve done

What a wonderful world. This time last night it was pitch dark with not a star visible through the clouds, rain squalls were hitting us

They told me the ITCZ would be frustrating but this! 0-30 knots, SE to NW winds and a sea that has no idea which way

Well, today’s been a strange old day! Early this morning I saw the first ship that I have seen in almost 3000 miles and also

I’m in zone UTC -1 for ship’s time now so my sunset is approx 3 hours after yours. And looking at the nautical almanac, I