Jubilee Sailing Trust Ships' Blogs
Posted - 31 January 2013
Another beautiful day! We were bound for Riposto – a small port on the East coast of Sciily.
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Posted - 30 January 2013
Awoke to a beautiful sunny day – with a call for breakfast over the tannoy at approximately 07.30 hours.
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Posted - 29 January 2013
'Strayalia' day yesterday was celebrated with a Milford/Wales vs Aussie Port side mid ship cricket match. excellent stumps made by Seb and a collective effort for the ball (on a string) the rules were: 4 to hit the ball into the sailor strainers, 6 over the side 1 per run, -100 if ANYTHING broken.
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Posted - 28 January 2013
Weather is still getting warmer and we have no favourable wind. At 8:15 last night we crossed the Greenwich meridian and were now in the easten hemisphere and on-route to cape town.
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Posted - 27 January 2013
Sunshine! White washed,flat roofed houses glowing in the
dawn light,
overlooked by a red domed stone churc
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Posted - 27 January 2013
The sun and hot weather has appeared to find us again! It's a hot one here in the middle of the Atlantic! A great chance for everyone to top up on the tans whilst helping out sanding and painting!
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Posted - 26 January 2013
Last evening dinner turned into a tale of disaster for Peter but
before we
go into his woes it was quite funny how much mess a bottle of
ketchup can
make when it brakes when hitting the deck
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Posted - 25 January 2013
After a rather wet night with a lot of sail setting for all watches we woke
up to a dry morning. Although we are still pitching and rolling slightly
there is the occasional outbreak of sunshine to brighten the weather beaten
souls.
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Posted - 25 January 2013
Blog from Captain Chris: So, we have altered course and headed SE towards the world's most remote community - no airport, 5 days' voyage in the ships that supply the island from Cape Town, about 2000 miles from the nearest civilisation in any direction, and British!
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Posted - 25 January 2013
The early hours of the morning of 23rd January we had an amazing electric
storm with sheet lightening creating a well illuminated sky.
The sailing was good as we made our approach towards the island of Sardinia.
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Posted - 24 January 2013
Day off and voyage crew set out for the day in Sardinia.
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Posted - 23 January 2013
Motoring along at extra full, steering 160 towards an Island called Tristan Du Cuhna. we are due there in the next few hours - not to land, not to stay but to buy postcards and get our Passports stamped and to say a sad farewell to a crew member.
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Posted - 22 January 2013
We woke to a lovely fine morning with clear blue skies and a very welcome
warm sun.
After breakfast and the usual briefings people started to find space to sit
on the starboard side to make the most of the sun's rays
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Posted - 22 January 2013
Yesterday evening we were continuing on our long held course of 110 towards Cape town. The wind is northerly but of no great strength so sails were handed in the evening after supper.
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Posted - 22 January 2013
This morning after the morning meeting all square sail was set bar the main course. At 11.50, the wind having freshened to a north easterly force 5, the engines were switched off so at last we are really sailing. We have a blue sea with small white caps; heeled over to starboard with a gentle pitching.
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Posted - 22 January 2013
The cribbage league is in full flow and the packed bar saw Joyce narrowly beat Kyle to upset the bookies odds.
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Posted - 21 January 2013
FWD STARBOARD
1st Mate Ali called for more sail at 8pm. Working with a new team, who
didn't know their gaskings from their gaskets and thought a bunting was a
little bird in a hedge! We put the sails up briskly - safe to say Ali was
impressed.
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Posted - 20 January 2013
Sunday morning day 2 started after breakfast with the usual safety
briefing, evacuation drill and hands aloft.
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Posted - 20 January 2013
Joining day in Palma Mallorca must have had an added attraction leaving minus degree temperatures and snow behind in the UK.
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Posted - 18 January 2013
17th January 2013 Hello world :) cadet lauren is extremely happy today on watch as she has managed to finally have more then 3 hours kip. We are plodding along at 7knots, the wind is a steady force 3.The sea is a deep royal blue, the sun is shining and seb hasnt stopped polishing the brass work.
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Posted - 18 January 2013
Today is, to my mind, the most important day on board. But then I would say that as today is the day I turn eighteen! Despite an early wake-up for mess duty the day has been practically perfect - in every way.
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Posted - 16 January 2013
R.. d. J...... is now a word not spoken on Lord Nelson, but now everyone's cabin fever is starting to settle now we are at sea.
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Posted - 13 January 2013
At present we're motor sailing with three staysails set, and are hoping to set more sails very soon.
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Posted - 07 January 2013
We’re sitting anchored just off the island of Ibiza, after a 24 hour sail from Valencia. There was a small bit of excitement after we first departed Valencia; we spotted a line of buoys in the water and had to send the DOTI boat out to go check to see if there were fishing nets attached.
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Posted - 07 January 2013
This is our second night at sea after staying in Palma to ‘ring in’ the new year. We are heading towards Valencia and had a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to the weather initially it was a bit choppy wind force 4/5 and most of our watch felt seasick. Then it was sunny and people were sunbathing on deck.
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Posted - 07 January 2013
We cast off from Palma at 2pm this afternoon. It is always a pleasure to watch the manoeuvre. Not only is there a lot to see but it also means our voyage has started.
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Posted - 07 January 2013
The voyage started in Palma Majorca on the 30th December we stayed alongside for 2 nights so that we could see in the New Year alongside.
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Posted - 03 January 2013
Eve of New Year 2013. We finally find ourselves leaving the submarine base as Ihla de Mocangue. In best Brazilian fashion the pilot arrived 15 mins late but we were finally underway, not to Cape town but at least away from the dockside.
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Posted - 01 January 2013
Not much sems to have happened since Boxing Day. We got back to our berth in the submarine base on the 27th, most of the voyage crew left, the port side rubbing strake got slightly mangled due to the force five afternoon breeze pushing us against a block of concrete, the dead dog having gone on strike. Once the wind died down, all was secured.
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