captain alex 20 July 2011 | southern indian ocean We spent two weeks anchored off Sipuru preparing best we could for the coming Indian Ocean crossing. Bubbles veteran Roland Stevens was back from some R and R in Tiajuana and we spent the time sealing the boat in hopes of a dry passage (I write[…]
captain alex 22 July 2011 | southern indian ocean On day 6 at sea we cranked out 182 miles but not without some hiccups. Winds were between 25 and 30 knots and the largest of the swells were around 20 feet with constant spray making it impossible to dry anything outside. Around midmorning a wave[…]
captain alex 29 July 2011 | rodrigues island Our last week of the passage was more big wind and big waves. After crossing the ‘only thousand miles to go’ mark I decided we could take a shower to celebrate and the following day we broke more of the monotony of hand steering with a bastille[…]
captain alex 17 August 2011 | port louis, mauritius The three of us (Alee, Kirk, and I) sailed wing on wing with a poled out jib for three days arriving at the Port Louis customs dock with a literal bang as our anchor smashed a window of a taxi boat (our new friend Rashid helped[…]
First Mate Kirk 21 August 2011 | St. Pierre, La Reunion For avid readers of this blog, you surely would have heard of some of my antics aboard SV bubbles, but for the first time I have decided pick up the laptop and tell a bit of this epic saga from my point of view.[…]