Cooking
I was cooking dinner, a couple hundred miles south of Ascension Island, as we went clipping across the sea at 8-10 kts One of the really nice things about catamarans, at least this style, is the...
Author: Irene Voskamp
St. Helena Festival of Lights
A dancing light dragon. Because why not? I never posted this when we were in StH, so posting it now. Shortly before Christmas St Helena hosts the Festival of Lights, the big holiday celebration....
Just finished reading
Just finished reading. Excellent insights. Should be required reading.
Under way!
With full water tanks, charged batteries, and a strong following breeze, we set out for the Americas!
Jacob’s Ladder
Jacob’s ladder from the top. Dunbar climbed Jacob’s ladder today. 699 steps, 11 minutes 55 seconds up, 6 minutes 3 seconds down. 180.78 meters vertical, 284 meters distance, better than 40%...
Extended visit to St Helena
So our little visit to the lovely island of St. Helena has extended rather longer than hoped. We had a bit of mechanical issues on the way here: two days out from Cape Town the pin securing the...
Island isolation
St. Helena is the closest I’ve ever come to living in a scarcity economy. Where things ‘s like a bottle of honey cannot be bought. It’s not that it’s expensive, itnot that you can’t get...
Touring
We stopped by the Tourism Office one day to ask about taking a tour of the island. The lovely lady there, Val, immediately called her dear friend Larry and arranged for him to come by the next...
Heart-Shaped Waterfall
We took a hike up to one of St Helena’s tourist attractions, the Heart shaped Waterfall. It was a pretty energetic hike, but quite pretty at the top. Not much water in the waterfall though....
I’ve not been online much…
I've not been online much, because we have pretty low bandwidth out here and often I can't get a string enough signal for Facebook. For updates on our adventures I post periodically to...