-
Reflections on Aroha’s Arrival
Every now and then… well, quite often actually, both Helen and I are struck by the “what the hell are we doing here?” question. If this trip was the fruit…
-
Back to the Maldives
We arrived in Gan at about 1 pm today and are now at anchor in the small harbour near the Equator Beach Resort. We reached our first sight of Maldivian…
-
Champagne Celebration
Over the last decade or so, my family have developed a habit of meeting up in some interesting places around the world. Happily, one of these places a few years…
-
Fishing Boat Pinball
We are making good progress back to the Maldives, although the wind is coming from the exact direction we would like to be heading so we are combining long tacks…
-
Trains, Planes and Automobiles
Well, I didn’t quite use all forms of transport to arrive in the Maldives but after a 12 hour journey it started to feel that way. Bryan couldn’t quite resist…
-
Ground Support
Bryan suggested that I add a blog entry about life at the other end of the Maldives mission, otherwise known as ‘Ground Support’. In reality, I think ground support was…
-
Enjoying the Maldives
I thought that I’d sleep like a baby on the first night at anchor, but two squalls kept me and my imagination awake. Earlier in the afternoon, I’d taught myself…
-
Maldives Arrival
We maintain an around the clock watch system and use a marine technology called an “Energetically Generated Gismo for Timing In Minutes Each Rotation”, otherwise known as an EGG TIMER,…
-
Maldives – Here we come!
My friends and crew, Laith and Bernard, and I seem to have settled into our routine quite easily. It’s only really been disturbed by Laith’s bout of seasickness a couple…
-
Our Longest Passage
The first leg of the journey was a 200 NM overnight passage from Aroha’s home port of Dubai Offshore Sailing Club (DOSC) to Fujairah, on UAE’s Gulf of Oman coast. …
The next chapter in life
