Arrival in Belitung

November 15, 2016

Monday morning was a totally different day weather wise – as the skipper put it succinctly “normal weather service is …

The summer that never was

November 1, 2016

What do you recall of 1816? In the UK George III was on the throne, Sir Humphrey Davy’s safety lamp …

August 24, 2016

The South Pacific Tropical Convergence Zone (SPTCZ) is spread from Papua New Guinea some thousand miles north west of Temptress, …

February 10, 2016

Day 7 Monday was just another day at sea. We debated what to eat for breakfast then planned lunch and …

February 3, 2016

Technology issues prevented us from posting at sea so rather belatedly here is the first of our tales from the …