by Allen | Jun 25, 2026 | Updates
Île Boddam Boddam was supposed to be our home for the month, but with the trade winds firmly set in their ways, anchoring there would have put us on a dangerous lee shore. Not only would we have had the tension of that, we would have exited Chagos looking like we had...
by Allen | Jun 25, 2026 | Updates
Île Fouquet 📍 Île Salomon · 005°19.951′S, 072°15.859′E · Salomon Islands, Chagos (BIOT) What can I say about living for four weeks in a protected anchorage, surrounded by uninhabited islands, an abundance of birdlife, sealife – and dolphin life? Not a lot...
by Allen | May 29, 2026 | Updates
Addu Atoll 22nd May 📍 Addu Atoll · 000°40.373′S, 073°07.869′E · Seenu Atoll The wind and waves continued to batter us throughout the night, and to add insult to injury, the chart plotter decided to restart halfway through the pass on the way into the atoll....
by Allen | May 21, 2026 | Updates
Thinadhoo 6 May 📍 Thinadhoo · 000°32.057′N, 073°00.290′E · Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll (South Huvadhu) The squalls arrived after midnight, bringing buckets of rain and taking away any hope of sailing all the way to Thinadhoo. It wasn’t the power of the wind that was the...
by Allen | May 5, 2026 | Updates
Magoodhoo 29 April 📍 Magoodhoo · 003°04.839′N, 072°57.451′E · Faafu Atoll (Northern Nilandhe) They are building an airport at Magoodhoo, but I suspect the workers had downed tools for the day because the weather was battering the island. On the way here, we had...
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