1st November 2005
S/V Lala Salama
entering Noumea Harbour completing her circumnavigation
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Lala Salama – 5th November 2005
1st November 2005. S/V Lala Salama entering Noumea Harbour, completing her circumnavigation
Highest 24 hr run 174 nautical miles
Highest Speed 12.4 kts.
Average speed 5.2 kts.
Not too bad for an old girl and an even older boy
God Bless her and all who sail in her..
Reveille II
[05/10/05] We are finally underway. Currently in Yamba NSW waiting for the weather to settle down.
Meltemi – The Whitsundays, Hogsbreath Race Week and Hamilton Island Race Week
Expectations. The weather in north Queensland, he said, is warm, with smooth seas light breezes and sunny. Just look at the brochures. You will need a light spray jacket, a hat and plenty of sunscreen lotion. Don’t worry about foul weather pants, they are too hot. Just wear shorts and your legs will dry quickly and you wont feel cold.
Reveille II
Our plans have suffered a minor setback as Marj has been in hospital with a severe chest infection. She was discharged yesterday and will need a few weeks to recover but hopefully we will be able to leave by the middle of the month [September] – the weather down south is not all that nice anyhow!
Mendana – 9th August 2005
Sorry we haven’t been in touch for some time. Peter is in the UK at the moment visiting his Mum. It seems as though he’s been gone for ages as he tacked it onto a work trip offshore to help top up the cruising kitty .
Reveille II
We are planning to leave Bundaberg early Sept and will be returning to the West the hard way – around the bottom!! Will keep a good eye out for 34’s and keep you posted. Hope to be in Freo Jan/Feb but only as visitors as we want to go up to the Kimberlies for the winter.
Lala Salama – 25th May 2005
Arrived Panama City, Pacific Ocean, Saturday 21st May,1400,apox…
Very happy to get through the canal, almost in one piece, an oil seal went with about 10 miles to go, but managed to keep going with a very oily bilge. The trip through took 20hrs, I went with an Aussie boat ‘Diego’, a 48 Jenneau, We went through the locks rafted up together, which all worked out well, only one moment when we were heading for the lock wall on my side, let me tell you they are very solid, but managed to avoid it, thank the good Lord.
It is an amazing bit of engineering. You are lifted 85 feet in 3 locks, then cross Gatun Lake, about 30 mls, to the Pacific side, where you are dropped, gently, the 85ft, back to sea level, also in 3 stages. Continue reading
Lala Salama
Arrived Panama City, Pacific Ocean, Saturday 21st May,1400,apox…
Mendana – Journal #2
This is a very late update – perhaps better late than never.