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.

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Marking the Chain

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Yesterday I laid out the 39 meters of 10mm chain and marked it at - meter intervals. The 10 meter mark is 3 links painted black.  The 20 ...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

Day Sail

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On Thursday 8 October I took Paul Jr and his uncles Stan and "Celi" for a day sail to Garden Island.  Stan and Celi were over from...

Galvanizing

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Two weeks ago I had Kim Jamieson splice the rope onto the recently regalvanized 30 meters of chain that I had purchased with the Delta ancho...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Delta Anchor

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For years I've been thinking about trying out a Delta anchor.  The literature claims that weight for weight they set faster and hold bet...

Notice to Mariners

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The following is a message that I recently sent to the FSC Cruising Section: About three weeks ago Kim Klaka notified me of his success ...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Pachuca OK

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I visited Pachuca this weekend, two weeks after the grounding.  As I approached her I kept a wary eye on her water line and she seemed to be...
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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Grounding Aftermath

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There has been some progress in chart issue raised by my recent grounding.  The following was the response to my request for the coordinates...
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