I try not to listen to any podcasts during the day on long sails. I save them up. Savour them. They are my special treat, my midnight audio-snack. When Simon gently rubs my shoulder at 2am, quietly waking me up for my night watch shift, I am only groggy for a second until I realize…
We had our first encounter with an Australian Border Force boat in Darwin. They came out to Red Dragonfly one morning and asked us a few questions. The uniformed officers were friendly and polite. We aren’t sure exactly what information they were looking for, but once we explained that we’d just arrived and would be…
We celebrated Markito’s 9th birthday on Thursday 26th October, halfway through our sail from the Torres Strait Islands to Darwin. We were just off Cape Wessel, 280 nautical miles west of our last port of call and sailing at 6.27 knots through the Arafura Sea, when we sang happy birthday. Markito blew out the candles…