Pachuca Circumnavigation

This blog began in late 2006 with the planning and preparation for a circumnavigation of the world in my 39-foot sail boat Pachuca. It then covered a successful 5-year circumnavigation that ended in April 2013. The blog now covers life with Pachuca back home in Australia.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Day 10, March 16 - Relief On The Way

The weather got cloudy in the late afternoon and soon it was raining. I did sailing in fits and starts, creeping along a 2 kts when there wa...

Friday, March 15, 2013

Day 9, March 15 - Still Little Wind, Airvane Repaired

A weak NE wind sprang up at 6.30 PM but it was just strong enough to fill the headsail and get us moving at 4.5 kts to the SE. This was the...

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Day 8, March 14

We lay ahull from 4 PM throughout the night and into the morning. The only saving grace was that we had drifted SE at 1.5 kts and at 8 AM w...

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Day 7, March 13 - Pactor Working!

The boat sailed nicely all night and at 6 AM we had made good 70 miles to the east. By then our course was slightly to the north of east so...

Minor Miracle

The Pactor modem seems to be working and I think that I have sent out my backlog of blogs. I'm not sure why it is working again. A f...

Day 5, 11 March - Sailing Again, and Blubber Blog Bulletin

Just before nightfall I rolled out the jib on a 7 kt breeze from the east. Normally the sails require at least 9 kt of wind but the sea was...

Day 4, 10 March - Pactor Modem Problem

At 8 PM last night normal Sailmail service through the Africa station was restored and I sent out blog entries for days 1-3. I then tried t...

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