Panama canal 1996 Coming soon!
These images and memories from Wan ling Sung who sailed with Christian from Newport, USA to Azores in 1992. Enroute they met a storm, with wind speeds above instrument (+ 100 nm/hr!) ‘Yes, we did the Newport to Azores trip with Christian in 1992.I didn’t keep journal of the trip but remembered it started off […]
By Jennifer Griffiths Weathering cyclone season aground Blue Shadow survived the 1996-1997 South Pacific cyclone season in a novel way – by going into hibernation in the heart of hurricane territory. Instead of leaving for distant shores, she took shelter in a hole in the ground at boatyard just north of Lautoka, on the Fijian […]
by Jennifer Griffiths August 1998 we spent a few weeks in a remote bay near Exmouth, on the West coast of Australia anchored in a crystal clear waters protected from the open sea by a fringe of coral reef. It was the perfect location for re-corking and sikaflexing Blue Shadow’s decks in calm seas while […]