What a difference a week makes

by David Townsend | 00, Jun, 2008 | A circumnavigation, Coral Sea, South Pacific Ocean

Position 27°27’214S 153°11’470E Manly Harbour, Australia, Coral Sea. Hi dear friends, thank you for following my journey. Here is this week’s update. What a difference a week makes! Life Onboard: I decided to take the week off; that is after...

Land at last

by David Townsend | 00, May, 2008 | A circumnavigation, Coral Sea, South Pacific Ocean

Position 27°27’214S 153°11’470E Manly Harbour, Australia, Coral Sea. Hi dear friends, thank you for following my journey. Here is this week’s update. Land at last and boy, was it never sought so much. Life Onboard: In all my years at sea / being near...

One nautical mile

by David Townsend | 30, May, 2008 | A circumnavigation, Coral Sea, South Pacific Ocean

Position 28°20’166S 157°31’842E Coral Sea on-route to Australia. 234Nm from Brisbane, Australia. Content: Hi dear friends, thank you for following my journey. Here is this week’s update. On day eighteen of a planned nine day passage across the Tasman...

Water above decks, water below decks

by David Townsend | 35, May, 2008 | A circumnavigation, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea

Position 31°32’564S 167°46’222E Tasman Sea on-route to Australia. 800Nm to Brisbane 556Nm off New Caledonia 386Nm off New Zealand Hi dear friends, thank you for following my journey. Here is this week’s update. A week of contrasts onboard! Life...

Say goodbye

by David Townsend | 00, May, 2008 | A circumnavigation, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea

Position 34°15’970S 172°58’852E 9Nm Off North Cape, North Island, New Zealand, Tasman Sea on-route to Australia. Hi dear friends, thank you for following my journey. Here is this week’s update. It has been a very busy week here in Opua, firstly that...