I think I saw Flight MH370

OK, so between February 20th and March 10th we were crossing the Indian Ocean the wrong way from Cochin, India to Phuket, Thailand. On the night in question (7th-8th March), I was standing a night watch alone. Well, sitting, really. Watching the stars, since I had been spending the passage identifying and learning a new…

Dolphins, Porpoises and Sharks. And Birds.

Now that we’re nearly two thirds of the way across, all of India’s wildlife seems to be welcoming us in. First a little sparrow like bird came and hitched a ride in our hammock. Then a school of dolphins swam by and spent half an hour jumping around our bow, and i mean leaping high…

Into A Routine

Well, it seems that sailing the Indian Ocean really is relaxing once you get into a routine! Got up at 10am, left kids to sleep, baggsied hammock. Made tea for Marc and I, drank tea, cleaned up some poop from foredeck, made more bread, woke crew, made banana pancakes, ate banana pancakes, caught a shark,…

Failed Bread

Today I made my first attempt at bread on passage,  deciding that since we have not just one but two generators on board (in addition to the engine and the dive compressor) that I could use the oven. Now,  when we were in Mussanah i was making loaves of bread every few days, which of…

Drying Out Already!

So, yesterday started calm and clear,  so when I  went down for my sleep at  noon I wasn’t worried. I opened all the hatches,  and told Marc I was doing so, asking him to close them if the wind picked up.  So anyway,  a few hours later I was woken by the sound of water…

Day 137 First Sunrise on India Passage

Ok, so hopefully I can think of a better title before I publish… otherwise it says what it is! This is a photo I took an hour ago. I have no idea whether it will show well on the laptop, but it was so colourful and serene i had to go find my phone to…

Day 136 Leaving Oman

I promised my mother in law that I would take. Some pictures as we left,  and here they are: This sort of captures the light we have here.  Obviously the sun is quite bright here in the desert! The crew,  Kiera and Sultan. I am enormously grateful to both of them for being here with…

Traditional Boat Sailing with the Best!

Day 41   Did I mention Saleh AL Jabri, who was chosen as the Captain of the Jewel of Muscat?  Probably not – but Google it NOW!  Well, he’s a super cool Dude in charge of the OmanSail Centre in Bandar Rawda.  He was friendly enough to make the effort to talk to Kiera and…