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Monday, 30 May 2016

Ascension Island Welcoming Committee

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Crystal Blues arrived at Ascension Island last Wednesday, May 25, after a 750 nautical mile passage from St. Helena. For the last thre...
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...
Friday, 20 May 2016

Things That Work For Us #8 - Ultrasonic Antifouling

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Ultrasonic Antifouling - Two Years On, The Results Are Excellent In May of 2014, we installed a new Ultrasonic Antifouling system, hopi...
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Things We Love To Hate - Jabsco Pressure Tanks

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Not often are we frustrated enough to openly criticize a product, but here is one of those cases. Crystal Blues was fitted with Jabsco wa...
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...