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Showing posts with label St. Helena. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Helena. Show all posts
Friday, 3 June 2016

Food Is Where You Find It…

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Lamb chops anyone? This feral sheep on Ascension Island popped out of the banana trees on Green Mountain just as we approached on ou...
Monday, 23 May 2016

Flying Fish Pie ?

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No, we really aren't that hungry! We did have a recipe for Flying Fish Pizza once, but they smell so bad we tossed the recipe. E...
Thursday, 19 May 2016

The Governor's Place - Plantation House, St Helena

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Recently opened for tours, Plantation House is the Governor's official residence on St. Helena. Originally built by the British Ea...

The Emperor Napoleon & Fine Wine In St Helena

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St Helena's most famous resident was Napoleon Bonaparte, exiled here by the British after his final defeat at the battle of Waterlo...
Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Tropic Birds Of St. Helena

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We saw our first Tropic Bird on passage from New Caledonia to Australia, way back in 2003. I probably haven't seen more th...

Sail Repairs R Us

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Our "big colored sail" is an asymetric or MPS - great for reaching and shy running off the wind. It is, however, a bit of a mons...
Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Donkey Love In St. Helena

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Hopalong, Ley, Greedy and Neil, Out For A Stroll Traveling the island we spotted several paddocks where donkeys grazed. These lovely cr...

Atlantic Ocean Barber Shop

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One of our favourite pics from the recent crossing to St. Helena - the wide and blue Atlantic Ocean makes a great back drop for a barbers...

Living With The Saints

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Crystal Blues In James Bay - Photo By Dianne Selkirk After a week being tourists here in St Helena we're starting to relax - this i...
Monday, 9 May 2016

St. Helena Arrival

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Crystal Blues arrived at Jamestown, St. Helena, late on Saturday afternoon. The final few miles of the passage were a joyful reach in f...
Friday, 6 May 2016

New Coloured Sails

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This morning conditions had settled enough for us to fly our latest set of small colored sails, hoping to add some boat speed to our meag...
Monday, 2 May 2016

Blue Velvet Ocean

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Today we felt a just a taste of what we hope is to come - sunshine and blue water. This afternoon the wave tops were more orderly, almo...
Sunday, 1 May 2016

Another One Bites The Dust

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Day 7 of our passage north west and we find ourselves prompted by yet another song title - yes, another one bites the dust. This time it...
Friday, 29 April 2016

Shake, Rattle and Roll

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Over the past few passages we have worked methodically at silent sailing. Lying in bed and listening to the ocean whooshing by the hull i...
Thursday, 28 April 2016

Baby, It's Cold Outside

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The South Atlantic Ocean welcomed us with very light winds, but cold weather and 5 meter swells when we departed Cape Town on Monday afte...