Travel Blogs from Somewhere in, International
Crew Bar
... night before we disembarked back in Los Angeles, Tom snuck me down to the 3rd deck. The deck that was reserved for crew only, was somewhere I was now traipsing along on. It was on that deck that I found, without a doubt, the coolest part of the ship: the ...
030310 to 031410 @Sea Equator Crossing
... He said he always sits at this table. I invited him to sit across the table from me. The slight confrontation ended up in a very delightful exchange of stories as we shared “his” table. “Bud” is an old salt. ...
Two Final Days at Sea
We encountered a lot of gale force winds these last two days at sea. I could not wait until we hit the Mediterranean. Over these last two sea days we saw winds of 40+ kn, we've had 10 foot swells, and rainy weather. There were several times throughout ...
Riding The Waves
Right. So as you can see by the map pin, I am somewhere in the middle of an expanse of blue ocean. Been on board for four nights now and have another three to go... I found my sea legs back on Tuesday with the help of some travel sickness pills and a cup ...
Four Days at Sea
... . The weather for this leg of the journey was actually really nice for a transatlantic cruise. We had partly cloudy days with a high typically in the 60's. The largest swells were around 6 feet. Wind gusts of up to 20 kn. We cruised along at around 18-20 ...
Shiplife
... reason I’m going on this trip. I want to know more about the world. Today we talked about poverty and inequality in the world. Very depressing, but it also is sparking a new passion in me. I want to know more and learn how ...
Just A Quick One (Riding The Waves .5)
... Keeping on the theatre theme, off to go see 'Much Ado About Nothing' this afternoon; only it's a modern version, set in World War Two with much swing music to accompany it apparently. Should be interesting. Original Shakespearean language juxtaposed with ...
Pirates Night & Pilates In The South Pacific
... -bed storage, built in chair & table w/stool, 3 mirrored door closets (two for hanging clothes), safe, TV/DVD, in-room private bathroom w/medicine cabinet, hair dryer on wall, shower, clothes drying line and many cubbyholes for storing things. I ...
On the cruise
... the diners and performers below. Being at the front of the line when they opened the doors allowed us a perfect seat in the standard seating section, which in our opinion was even better than the premium seating because there was nothing between you and ...
02/25/10 to 02/28/10 @Sea East of French Polynesia
... Greek names (since the Greeks did not know about them either). Big Dipper & Polaris (N. Star) are not visible now in the southern hemisphere. 022810 @Sea: 4th @Sea day since last sighting land, two more weeks to Cocos Island, Costa ...
2nd day at sea between Jamica and Colombia
Weather sunny 75 - 80F, winds 15 kns and a great sea day...Just so you know it's not easy, there are 60 activities to choose from today... various pictures of the ship, dinners, etc, etc. ...
Thanks Ed
... for this trip is relentless. We have experienced 18 hours of F6/8 winds from almost north, so hard on the nose. This has resulted in very messy large seas which have been hard to navigate through the night. Off the 5,000nm miles that this trip will be, I ...
Distance to Mindelo 811nm
Position 03 18'N 025 50'W SOG 4.5kts COG 020T Distance to Mindelo 811nm Another eventful night! Wind and rain in every direction and every strength. Sails in and out, engine on and off. The doldrums are now doing what their suppose to do - no wind, so we ...
Slow & steady
Position 01 38'N 026 08W SOG 4kts COG 020T Distance to Mindelo, Cape Verde 912nm Well, here we are, in the Northern Hemisphere. Crossed the Equator 3-20pm yesterday, in beautiful conditions, cruising along at just shy of 6 knots, then within 50 miles the ...
Heading North
... 355T We've done the East heading, now tacked to head North, toward the trade winds. Making good progress. Fingers crossed that is all sets in as we hope! The weather has been a mixed bag with a lot of squalls, but hopefully the sun will be out a lot more ...
The wind is back
Position 06 56'N 025 39'W SOG 4.5kts COG 340T The wind is back, just not in the best direction, a little bit too much north in it! But at least the engine is getting a break. It does mean at present we're going to have to travel a bit further, so no ...
Respect to Neptune.... soon
... As you will see from the latitude, we are very close to the equator. Everyone has their camera ready to get a picture of the line in the ocean as we cross it!!! Taboo has had an extra special spring clean today so that she looks in great shape as we give ...
Friday.... the Equator!
... of the last two days back to changeable weather with rain and squalls and a very messy sea which is challenging helming! We had a good run in the last 24hrs with a run of 154nm. Not too bad. The equator is now our next goal and we hope to cross this on ...
What a weekend we have had...
... snooze, sunbathe or be alone with the ever changing vista that is the Atlantic. We are eating well and keeping hydrated in the ever increasing temperatures. Overnight watches are something of a lottery, either clear and star studded or windy and wet from ...
Great sunny days
... 929nm The weather seems to have settled down, getting great sunny days, amazing starry nights, beautiful sunsets and sunrises. Still not much in the way of sea life, though we had a couple of kamikaze flying fish, and hitchhiking birds 2 nights ago. Hope ...
Forget pilates!
Position 15 34'S 028 22'W SOG 4.5kts COG 131T Total miles from Uruguay to date 2,945. The last 24 hours have been full on. Wind between 30 and 45 knots, and swell all over the place. The bumpiest nights sleep ever. Don't think our bodies have ever had ...
Big blog after a couple days of quiet.
... to be looking forward to his future supermarket shopping with a resolve to have his own trolley, so possible storms ahead in the Cozens shopping relationship. Sailing weather always seems to present a challenge in that the wind generally always seems to ...
Happy Birthday Hookie's Mum!
... today or tomorrow and then hitting the northerly winds which we will have to tack into to get home. Adam has been working hard in the galley making bread to keep a fresh food supply going. We will be starting on some of the less interesting foodstuffs ...
News about Crew
Due to time commitments Adam and Bex will be leaving the boat with Hookie once they arrive in Cape Verde. ...
Clearest night yet
... 's we're dreaming of. Progess towards Cape Verde is slow, but the wind is blowing. Barnsey how are the South Easterly's playing in Cape Town, hope you're having fun. Last night was our clearest night yet, loads of shooting stars spotted. No questions ...
Sea Days
... - pretty lazy day. Captain's now cancelled the Bay of Islands stop and we are back on our original schedule cos the P&O Powers in Southampton have decided we don't need to get the repairs done in Auckland but will wait until we get to Dubai. I hope ...
A Few Days at Sea
... ! Saturday 2 February Very large swell this morning but some blue sky. Another pretty rough night. Had breakfast in The Medina and then listened to Colin Alderson talking about his experiences working with the Royal Household - very funny guy ...
Contacting the crew re. travel arrangements
Hi, For those who have been provided with the mini-m telephone number by Alex, Bex, Lance or Hookie you can contact them on Taboo between 14.15 and 16.00 each day. You the caller will be picking up the cost at approx £2 a minute. Thanks. Lou. ...
Crossing The Equator
Friday 8 February - another sea day!! Not much to report for the morning! Fun and games in the afternoon with the Entertainment team versus the Officers. All about requesting permission from King Neptune to cross the Equator. Lots of ...