sy Timoneer

REPORT AT NOON: 1st May

POSITION: 35 57N 20 24W

DAY’S RUN: 284 Miles COURSE 086

WEATHER: Much cooler. Mod sea and large Nly swell. Mainly cloudy

WIND: Norhterly at 13 – 14knots

The cold north wind is a blowing. Some of us are persisting with shorts but

it is definitely jacket time when on deck. Have had few porpoises but

nothing much else as we clear away from the Azores neighbourhood. Straight

line to Gibraltar is 750 miles so we should be there first thing on Saturday

morning, 4th May. We will take on fuel and have a good nights sleep then set

off for Palma on Sunday morning.

The wind has not been quite enough to maintain a good speed under sail so we

have had the motor on all the time with all sails except the genoa set as

that is damaged. That’s about all for today – all are happy and healthy on

board.

Sunday 21st April

We have had a few technical problems here in Antigua so are leaving a day

later than expected. We should get out of here on Sunday night (21st April)

and head for Gibraltar, Palma and then Croatia.

Daily reports will resume while we are at sea.

Sunday 24th February

We are still in the Caribbean and have moved today (Sunday 24th Feb) from

Antigua across to St Maarten. The wind was light so we motor sailed, making

about 12 – 13 knots all the way. Clear hot sunny day, typical Caribbean. We

caught four tuna in the late afternoon just when we were getting worried

that we would not catch anything for the trip.

We will be around the St Maarten/ St Barths area for the next 3 weeks then

back to Antigua at the end of March. We are planning to do the St Barths

Bucket, a fun regatta for mega yachts which takes place on the 6th and 7th

April. Once that is over we will think about heading for the Mediterranean,

leaving in mid April.

When we leave the West Indies and we are on passage we will again start the

daily logs. This will be the last bulletin until then as we normally do not

have Internet access while in the Caribbean.

As you can probably see from the tracking program Timoneer has left from

Tenerife in the Canary Islands. We had both Christmas and New Years there

which was very nice and it also gave us a good chance to give the boat a

really good clean up after the months in the boat yard in Holland. Also took

care of maintenance and some of the crew went home for Christmas.

We left at 1400hrs yesterday and have had flat calm conditions ever since.

Our noon postion was 26:05N and 19:56W with 250 miles covered since

departure and 2,360 miles to go to Barbados, our first stop. As I type this

a small breeze has kicked in from the North West so we have rolled out the

headsail and still making 12 knots with reduced engine.

The fishing lines are out but no action so far. All is well on board and it

is nice to be back in warm blue water again.

We´re out of there!!!

Timoneer finally left Holland on Thursday 5th December and is now in Southampton, England for a few more technical jobs and to get squared away after the months of yard work. She will leave on Sunday afternoon for the Canary Islands where we will spend Christmas before crossing to the Caribbean.

We will start posting daily bulletins from Monday or Tuesday once everything is settled into sailing mode on board. The weather forecast is looking exceptionally good for this time of the year so we are all keeping our fingers crossed…. Watch this space for futher updates!

Timoneer is still in Holland as we decided to haul the boat out there so as to be closer to the work force at Vitters rather than going to Gibraltar. This was a hard decision due to the weather at this time of the year and we have some exterior painting to be done. Anyway as usual it is taking longer than expected and we now hope to leave at the begining of December direct for the Canary Islands and then across to the Caribbean sunshine. Once underway we will again update the log.

Timoneer is now in the small town of Urk on the Ijselmeer inland sea in Holland, about 30 minutes drive from Vitters Shipyard where she was built. A team from Vitters are working on our warranty work, as well as making small changes and fine tuning before we head off to the dry dock in Gibraltar for bottom painting. We should be in the Canary Islands by late November and then sail across to the Caribbean in December in time for a Christmas cruise in the Virgin Islands.

This log will be updated occassionally if there is further news while we are in port, and then on a daily basis when we are at sea.

30th August 2001

We had agreat time in Cowes at the Jubilee Regatta which was quite incredible. There was a fantastic array of sailing boats and a good chance to catch up with old friends.

We now head up to Norway for a 10 day cruise before going back to Holland for warranty work. The winter will be spent in the Caribbean.