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The official end.

Feb 13, 2010 12:54am

I am writing from the top floor of a pretty terrace house in inner-city Melbourne, staying with the friend of a friend, truly homeless. As I look out of the window, writing upon someone else’s desk, the sky is grey, there is the sound of birds and traffic (rather unlike...

The voyage continues (south)

Dec 16, 2009 2:17pm

So I’ve been home in Melbourne for the last couple of weeks… Staying with friends, couch hopping… But something is missing… Constellation is nowhere to be seen. Thanks to encouragement and support from friends, I’ve decided I must keep sailing, and arrive officially ‘home’ to Melbourne. I will pick Constellation up...

Entry, Constellation for sale

Nov 30, 2009 7:24pm

Nearing Australia, I saw another sailing vessel and radioed to ask if they knew whether Customs ran 24hrs or not. The radio crackled, “Customs? Where are you coming from, over?” … “Tonga” … “Tonga? Please repeat, over”, “Tonga, in the south Pacific” … “Oh.” The message was relayed to the VMR...

We’re home at last. In 743 days.

Nov 19, 2009 4:38am

It was a long final passage from Tonga… I don’t really even know how long. I left sometime in October, and I arrived yesterday. I don’t count days anymore, and I think in this last passage I made my peace with many things. I spent several hours every single day...

Next stop Coffs Harbour

Nov 10, 2009 7:02pm

The sailing thus far, has for the most part been idyllic. I say for the most part, because the last 48 hours have verged more on the miserable scale of things than anything else. Passing 160 nautical miles (around 300km) south of New Caledonia, I decided to ask the weathermen...

Australia is on my chart

Nov 2, 2009 10:26pm

My recent posts have been rather anguished. I’ve been in a very odd state of mind, there is no doubt about it. Someone left a comment on my last post saying I was sounding more and more like Moitessier. And he wondered if that was a good thing or a...

Final leg, Tonga to Australia

Oct 21, 2009 12:36am

Tomorrow I haul up the anchor, and set sail for Australia, nonstop from Vava’u, Tonga. The counter on this website indicates that I’ve been doing this sailing thing for 765 days. That sounds like a lot. In fact, it’s so many days, that I’m going nonstop because I’m out of...

Tsunami affected Niuatoputapu

Oct 15, 2009 3:11pm

Departing Apia, Samoa at 11am, I rounded the island of Upolu and sailed through the Apolima strait as the sun set, slowly drifting south until the water glassed over, and an enormous harvest moon rose over Western Samoa, the smell of woodsmoke curling across the deck. I lit up my...

Volunteering, Red Cross, Samoa

Oct 1, 2009 10:31pm

I’ll leave the photos and video to do the talking, but I’m sticking around a little longer here in Apia, Samoa to volunteer with the Red Cross. I took this media while out today, volunteering on the worst affected area: The east of the island. Thank you to Weide, Stuart, Mark,...

Tsunami in Western Samoa

Sep 30, 2009 2:30pm

As Constellation rumbled, I jumped out of my bunk at a well practiced speed. I can pull myself up and out with one hand, and be on deck in seconds from a deep sleep… Usually it’s because Constellation is getting slammed or a squall has snuck up at night, and...