We are members of Ocean Cruising Club (OCC). It is a club for blue water cruisers with some miles under the keel. We regularly publish articles in the club magazine – the Flying Fish. Below is the article on our Pacific crossing in April 2022 – ‘The Pacific drift‘ as Read more…
It sneaked up on us yesterday evening. At night. Late. Ten minutes before midnight. It starts in Kiribati, a small island group just west of the international date line. In 1994 the government of Kiribati decided that all of their 33 small atolls, spread over more than 5 million square Read more…
The VHF radio sparked again. It was 4 am on March 20th. I was setteling in for the final approach to Curacao. ‘sy Escape, this is the Curacao coast guard. Please answer‘. I pushed the send button ‘Good morning curacao coast guard, this is sy Escape‘. ‘Please state your intentions Read more…
