Recent content by Budgieboy

Hi ... Coming home from my RTW , will arrive Azores to Falmouth with a Canadian citizen on board ... What do I have to do regards the pre Brexit rules ? I guess I'll have to track down immigration regards my Canadian crew but honestly clueless about the rules now ... Currently in Praia Cape Verdes .

Hi has anyone sailed South Atlantic sort of Ascension Island to Cape Verde’s ? If so how ? All I can think of is to go North of the Islands and tack back down to Mindelo looking at winds and currents for March , I will be coming up from Cape Town via St Helena early next year and Cape Verde’s...

I got tracked by a fishing vessel for 4 days mid South Pacific , lost it about 7 days away from French Polynesia , lots of calls to Falmouth S and R also the French who told me to surrender if boarded , not nice , know sort of how this feels after a long solo passage .

Steve ... I have sailed over 70% around the world with a reliable couple of friends and a Garmin in reach ... turn off your plan when you arrive it’s very simple , I have now purchased an Iridium Go for my last bits from Jakarta to Seychelles then down the Mozambique Channel to SA and home to UK...

Stuck for a year on my circumnavigation in Jakarta Indonesia , my hope and goal is to cross the Southern Indian Ocean to Madagascar when the cyclone season ends in May then down to South Africa dodging the storms that run up the Mozambique Channel , a lot of closed borders and a long run but...

With them now ... Not very interested in 3rd party ...

I was with Y Yacht ... No go ... And Pants were not sure they wanted to do it ...

Hi Just had my renewal come up , I am in the South Pacific , Fiji , having sailed here from sunny Brighton (I left on high tide :)) , I went from 2k in and around Colombia to here , now I am up to 4.5k ... Found another insurer and got it done at 3.2k with a 3.5k over rider . Boat is a Najad 490...

Hi Ya Noonsite was such a centre of knowledge for me and other cruisers , they have updated it and about 10% of the original information is on there , I sailed into Tonga not knowing they had changed the entry system with an early notice of arrival form , thankfully had a nice customs guy that...

Matt Rutherford single handed sailor is brilliant , he is as tough as hell , I listened to him everyday in the evening on my solo 22 days from Galápagos to Hiva Oa Marquesas , he gave me such a lift and kept me pushing on ... some of it is off the wall but other bits you have to admire , he is...

Sold my last boat through Ancasta ie Mike at Brighton, I was a 2 boat man and needed to shift the old boat a 2008 38 Bav , so I could set off on this World Voyage , bit of a tall order as there are so many around , they did the job brilliantly and would go back again , his boat handling skills...

Vista Mar is very reasonable £110 a week for a 50 footer , bit windy at the moment , 10 minutes to good provisions , swimming pool on site , golf course if that’s your thing and a bar ... I am waiting on a couple of bits in from the UK then I am out of here for Galapagos... this side there is...

Hope it all goes well , you were right about that last lock into the Pacific , in Vista Mar now prepping for Galapagos....

No John the Marina Manager left Shelter Bay a month ago , he now runs Club Nautico in Cartagena Colombia , I spent a few months there before coming down here , things are all good here all the same , management are well on the ball .... its very nearly 5 O'clock :)

I am in Shelter Bay now , go to guy here is Rogelio , he doesnt charge like the others for lines for the canal and fenders , that saves you $150 to $200 , total for me at 49.2 feet was $1350 .... date booked and measurement done on the day booked :)