Captains Log

Posts of my adventure.

T minus 3 days

This is my first time writing a blog so please bear with me as I find my stride. I’m generally not one to put my

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T minus 1

There’s something so satisfying working with your hands. Its task-based work with a clear start and endpoint and immediate feedback on whether you did it

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Day Ten – Time

After a night of fitful sleep, I dozily put my head through the companionway to view the day’s conditions. The first thing I saw when

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Day Twenty One – Half-way

At approximately 04:30am this morning I passed the halfway mark. Given I’ve been sailing for 3 weeks this felt somewhat anticlimactic as rather than feeling

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Day 31 – Fish on

I awoke feeling stronger and more energised than I had in days, thanks to my saviour, sleep. Sweet, restful, wonderful sleep. It’s almost as good

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Day 32 – Final Prep

There are many “non-calendar” ways for knowing you’ve been at sea (and away from the internet) for a month. The length of your beard. The

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Day 33 – Game time

(written from a windy and bumpy Coral Sea) I awoke with the feeling of butterflies in my stomach. You know the ones you feel before

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Epilogue (and photos)

“Heart” and “Disease” are two words you don’t want to see together. They certainly don’t look good sitting side by side on the screen in

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Final Episode – Homecoming

Homecoming. There’s really nothing quite like it. Particularly when you’ve worked so hard to get there. The simplicity of familiarity. Of Family. Of Belonging. A

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