Thu 12th May (Day 162) 04:00 Hrs and 40 miles from Dakar, we were all woken by the noise of something striking the hull. Carlos, who...

The penultimate week - A Tale of Two Routes Southbound versus Northbound The last week has been dominated by the difference between our...

One more hurdle left to jump over (recrossing the equator to our starting point) This week we returned to Saint Helena Island in the...

This week we rounded our 5th (and final) Cape, routing the Cape of Good Hope at sunrise on Tuesday 26th April. Astra is now speeding...

The helpful Madagascan currents - was that what the Lemurs were singing about? We have just had a couple of the nicest days of the trip...

Iain checking the radar cabling This week it will be a full moon on Sat 16th April, so Easter is upon us (Easter Sunday, is the first...

Ever Westward.... Wed 30th March (day 119) On a boat full of boys, it was inevitable that we would end up with a laundry disaster at some...

Ummmm.....should we really be looking up at those waves.......?! 7 days after passing the dateline, we have crossed through 30° of...

This week is all about our departure from The Pacific Ocean and our entry into The Tasman Sea on the voyage leg from Tahiti to Hobart....

A Note from your DPA If you ever wanted an insight into the mind of Iain Macneil (not that I am recommending it) this is what he posted...

Astra fully loaded with fuel on the morning of her (second) departure from Tahiti Well, it feels like we have been forced to take a 1,600...

It’s been quite a week and I suspect, at this point, we are not quite where you might think we are! You will recall that, at the end of...

Pacific Crossing Stats Distance: 4,410 Nautical Miles Days: 21 Average Speed: 8.56 Knots Fuel Remaining on arrival: 4,410 Litres per one...

Back to Basics This last week has been all about settling into a long ocean crossing, which is a welcome break after 94% of the days...

This extract from the US Routeing chart for this region of the Pacific, shows a 'simple' representation of the winds and currents. As we...

Arriving at Valparaiso At sea, it's important to ensure that, as best as you can, every occasion is acknowledged, otherwise there is a...

‘Rounding Cape Horn’ To be classified as a ‘Rounding of Cape Horn’, you must begin at Latitude 50°S on one coast of South America and it...

Day 42 Tue 11/01 With the wind having swung round quickly to the NE, and blowing at Force 5-6, we heaved up the anchor at 19:12hrs to...

Crossing the River Plate as we left Montevideo! Day 35 (Tue 04 Jan 2022) Day 34 ended with us heading in to the berth in Montevideo. As...

The week started with us very closely watching a weather system building SW of Rio De Janeiro that we expected to meet on Saturday (Day...