Lat | Lon | Boat name | Note | Created at | |
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18º 27.258' N | 64º 26.658' W | Gambit | Gambit and crew arrived safely in Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands. No more updates necessary. All good. | about 6 years ago | Show |
18º 22.728' N | 61º 22.584' W | Gambit | The bloody, full blue moon wasn’t good news for the big Dorado and the good sized Wahoo, but it was pretty! | about 6 years ago | Show |
18º 17.604' N | 58º 28.992' W | Gambit | Not a breath of wind. Motoring again. | about 6 years ago | Show |
18º 10.734' N | 55º 46.614' W | Gambit | The wind and sea have abated somewhat. Feast or famine. | about 6 years ago | Show |
18º 28.086' N | 52º 57.252' W | Gambit | Currently rocking and rolling our way to Tortola with an angry sea on the starboard quarter. Wind is fresh from the ENE making life on board quite uncomfortable. | about 6 years ago | Show |
18º 33.798' N | 50º 14.076' W | Gambit | Not much wind yesterday, but the spectacular hour long show by a pair of Bryde’s Whales made up for it! | about 6 years ago | Show |
18º 36.522' N | 47º 57.594' W | Gambit | Less than 1000 miles to go. All’s well on board the good ship Gambit. Now about that wind we were promised...... | about 6 years ago | Show |
18º 39.228' N | 45º 40.776' W | Gambit | Quicker sailing on a hazy day. We’ll cross the 1000 miles to go mark this afternoon. Haven’t seen a soul out here for over a week. Just one small black bird flitting across the waves. Moving the clocks back to UTC -3 today. | about 6 years ago | Show |
18º 41.754' N | 43º 0.816' W | Gambit | Slow but steady progress in the right direction. The weather forecast promises to speed things up a bit from here on to the finish line. Here’s hoping it’s right! | about 6 years ago | Show |
18º 53.772' N | 40º 38.25' W | Gambit | Yesterday was a frenetic day of activity for the Captain. Suspicions are that his favorite series has reached an end. Boat was washed from end to end. Fishing rigs had alarms devised and fitted. There was no stopping him! A 300ltr/hour watermaker and an 11,5Kw generator opens up all sorts of possibilities. | about 6 years ago | Show |
18º 59.07' N | 38º 23.514' W | Gambit | This is the correct position for 23 January. | about 6 years ago | Show |
19º 44.07' N | 34º 8.952' W | Gambit | It was too early to predict good wind! Our slowest day yet this trip. Even the scrabble went on for hours! Good to see the Southern Cross on the horizon early this morning. | about 6 years ago | Show |
19º 8.802' N | 36º 19.2' W | Gambit | Very slow day yesterday. No fish even! There was some decent sunshine though. It’s too early to say, but it looks as if today holds a bit more wind from a slightly better direction. Currently 20 knots from the ESE.. | about 6 years ago | Show |
19º 43.806' N | 34º 49.452' W | Gambit | Lots of flying fish, the daily dolphin show and another dorado. Life is simple, if a little slow. | about 6 years ago | Show |
20º 32.22' N | 31º 47.496' W | Gambit | It’s a month since we left Trapani. A very red dawn this morning. We’re definitely in the tropics now as the rain squalls march past, or over, us at regular intervals. | about 6 years ago | Show |
21º 29.646' N | 29º 33.594' W | Gambit | Caught our first fish yesterday. A medium sized Dorado. One week at sea from Lanzarote, probably two more weeks to go. | about 6 years ago | Show |
22º 44.562' N | 27º 34.86' W | Gambit | We’ve slowed down in lighter winds. Keeping our course SW’ish, looking for warmth and trade winds! | about 6 years ago | Show |
23º 47.544' N | 25º 24.462' W | Gambit | Kind of remote at the moment. The only cities I can find on the same longitude as us are Praia in the Cape Verde Islands to the south and Ittoqqortoormiit to the north. The ocean is also around 5000m deep here. All good on board | about 6 years ago | Show |
24º 38.19' N | 22º 38.208' W | Gambit | Too fast to catch fish. But who’s complaining? | about 6 years ago | Show |
25º 41.838' N | 20º 7.782' W | Gambit | Good, robust conditions. Wind from the ENE, 18-25 knots. Big swell from roughly the same direction. All makes for noisy but productive sailing. | about 6 years ago | Show |
26º 42.084' N | 17º 27.72' W | Gambit | Never underestimate the effect of Islands that have 3717m peaks! Another slow night in shadowland. Currently ambling along in 12 knots Easterly. Not that we’re complaining. | about 6 years ago | Show |
27º 38.712' N | 14º 57.336' W | Gambit | After a slow and somewhat frustrating night, it looks as if we are clear of the windshadows caused by the high islands around here. Boatspeed a more respectable 7,5 knots @245°T | about 6 years ago | Show |
28º 56.34' N | 13º 33.816' W | Gambit | Well, Monday became Friday as mañana met island time! Just departed Arrecife after a pleasant stay. Aiming at Virgin Gorda. Shouldn’t be more than a couple of weeks! | about 6 years ago | Show |
28º 57.762' N | 13º 32.4' W | Gambit | A tale of two extremes! We got a solid beating by the sea state whipped up by the Westerly winds. Bailed out of plan A and into Arrecife, Lanzarote. Probably here until Monday. | about 6 years ago | Show |
31º 5.088' N | 13º 16.182' W | Gambit | Motored through the night in zero wind. Welcomed by a pod of dolphin on the bow this morning. Waiting for the forecast Westerly wind to help us get to Las Palmas before sunset tomorrow. | about 6 years ago | Show |
32º 55.056' N | 10º 41.694' W | Gambit | Motor sailing SW with a 10 knot NE behind us. We need to make an average speed in the mid 7’s to minimize the effects of the incoming depression. | about 6 years ago | Show |
34º 27.99' N | 8º 7.992' W | Gambit | After a wonderful afternoon of sailing in fresh N winds, the breeze has swung to the NE and dropped. Working our way west in anticipation of some strong westerlies on Friday/Saturday. | about 6 years ago | Show |
36º 8.928' N | 5º 21.402' W | Gambit | Stopped in at Gibraltar and topped up the fuel tanks. The Mediterranean is living up to its reputation of either having no wind, or too much wind and any wind that does blow, is from dead ahead! Next planned stop, Las Palmas, Canary Islands. | about 6 years ago | Show |
36º 43.56' N | 3º 4.116' W | Gambit | Left Adra at sunrise, aiming at Gibraltar. A quick stop there to refuel tomorrow morning and we should be out into the Atlantic. Happy New Year y’all! | about 6 years ago | Show |
36º 44.718' N | 3º 1.146' W | Gambit | The Westerly got the better of us, mainly by kicking up a horrific sea! Bailed out to a small town called Adra between Almeria and Motril. We’ll see out the New Year here in the company of an American Yacht, Catch 22. | about 6 years ago | Show |
35º 43.08' N | 3º 3.366' W | Gambit | Thumping into a 30 knot Westerly when all the forecasts say we should be in 5 knots! Not so pleasant. We’re pushing on and hoping this is a local effect as we’d like to get out through the Straits of Gibraltar by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. | about 6 years ago | Show |
37º 29.622' N | 0º 46.29' W | Gambit | Unexciting trip from Ibiza so far. Wind ahead of us meant motor sailing except for an hour. Now motoring in flattish seas past the city of Cartagena. In the Western Hemisphere now. | about 6 years ago | Show |
38º 51.114' N | 1º 26.07' E | Gambit | We’ve just left Ibiza. Weather isn’t perfect, but it’s okay and should enable us to get quite far west towards Gibraltar. | about 6 years ago | Show |
38º 53.976' N | 1º 25.554' E | Gambit | Had to take a weather detour to Ibiza, Spain. Hoping to find a mooring until Friday when the gale passes by. | over 6 years ago | Show |
37º 6.636' N | 3º 18.672' E | Gambit | Sailing without engine assistance at last! Got a nice little southerly wind on the beam. Hurrying to find some shelter off the Spanish coast. Merry Christmas to you all from Doug, Val and Jeremy | over 6 years ago | Show |
37º 17.508' N | 6º 31.308' E | Gambit | Motor sailing into a light NW wind. Waiting for it to back to the South. Acceptable progress of 163 miles aided by 2 x 75 hp Yanmars. 12 miles N of Cap Bougaroun, Algeria. | over 6 years ago | Show |
37º 22.464' N | 9º 39.12' E | Gambit | Departed Bizerte, Tunisia. Thrashing our way westwards into NW 30 knots of cold wind. Just past the Northern tip of Africa. Rats Ben Sekka. | over 6 years ago | Show |
37º 16.56' N | 9º 52.836' E | Gambit | Arrived in Bizerte, Tunisia, which is actually in the northern hemisphere, unlike my previous update! ?
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37º 16.56' S | 9º 52.836' E | Gambit | Arrived in Bizerte, Tunisia. Welcomed by 40 knots of icy wind and hail! Welcome back to Africa? I suppose it is the Winter Solstice?
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38º 0.846' N | 12º 29.988' E | Gambit | Getting ready to throw off the lines on the first part of our journey. Destination is Bizerte, Tunisia.
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38º 0.846' N | 12º 29.988' E | Gambit | Waiting for a good weather window.
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38º 0.588' N | 12º 29.982' E | Gambit | over 6 years ago | Show |