Kiapa
| The voyage of Kiapa from USA to Australia |
My latest 5 diary entries
| 10th May 2013 - San Diego | ||||
| We've done it! | ||||
| 17 days, 16 hours, 2970 nautical miles (5346km!!), countless sail adjustments, and many batches of muffins later, we’ve done it – whoo hoo, we’ve sailed and completed one of the longest non-s... | ||||
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| 31st Mar 2013 - San Diego | ||||
| We're off | ||||
| Ready, set, cast off the lines, hoist the main, and sail…………….. And ready we are, ready to head west, out into the sunset! Yeehah!! I can’t think of anything else we co... | ||||
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| 28th Mar 2013 - San Diego | ||||
| Preparing for the Pacific Puddle Jump | ||||
| One would think that being “retired”, we’d be taking things easy, but let me tell you, that’s certainly NOT been the case this last week. Since ‘Race Week’ is now over (see pre... | ||||
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| 25th Mar 2013 - San Diego | ||||
| The Banderas Bay Regatta | ||||
| What an absolute blast the Banderas Bay Regatta was. Ideal conditions on all 3 days made for great racing: 15 – 20 knot breezes, warm winds, courses that were a good test of one’s sailing skills, no w... | ||||
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255 Words | 43 Reads | ![]() | Read more | |
| 9th Mar 2013 - San Diego | ||||
| Oh so lucky! | ||||
| You know when you’re a bit anxious and get that feeling of butterflies in the tummy? Well it was a bit like that last Monday for me because Kiapa was being hauled out of the water and put up on the dry dock. O... | ||||
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711 Words | 38 Reads | ![]() | Read more | |





