Pacific Ocean

World in Slow Motion: Tintin on the Pacific

Posted 16th Dec 2008 by Tom and Lara
Having travelled most of the 21,000 miles we have covered so far by land (with the odd ferry thrown...

World in Slow Motion: Hue to Hanoi

Posted 2nd Dec 2008 by Tom and Lara
Hitting the track from Hue to Hanoi and a 'Dos and Don'ts' guide to South-East...

Big Bald Bob the Budgie Smuggler

Posted 15th Aug 2008 by Kate
I may be one of the only people in the history of sailing to step aboard a huge luxury...

Deep In the Heart of the South Pacific

Posted 5th Aug 2008 by Kate
Having sailed across the Pacific with a motley crew of strangers and an increasingly grumpy captain I decided that...

Abandon Ship

Posted 1st Jul 2008 by Kate
That’s right folks, I’m leaving the sailing vessel Esprit in my metaphorical wake and striking out alone. As I...

Tattoos, Tahiti and Tonga

Posted 13th Jun 2008 by Kate
Armed with a bottle of Boric acid, and with the tune of ‘eye of the tiger’ reverberating in my...

Pearls of Wisdom

Posted 28th May 2008 by Kate
Pearl smuggling and a marriage proposal, the adventure goes...

Dry Roasted in Polynesia

Posted 16th May 2008 by Kate
In between land the sailing has been approximately the same, water in all directions and saltiness all round. Salty...

Good Housekeeping: Pacific Edition

Posted 23rd Apr 2008 by Kate
Forget the great piratical rambustifications of Kate ‘aaarrrgghh me harties’ Andrews, this was more like Pugwash & The Stepford...

The wonder of technology

Posted 22nd Apr 2008 by Jamie
Having just published Kate's email, I wanted to show you where in the world she is, and how incredible...

Not a comedy beard in sight

Posted by Kate
I have grown my eyebrows into a new style but you wouldn’t know it to look at me, and...

Land ahoy!

Posted 21st Apr 2008 by Kate
Consider me whelmed. As we approached land I suddenly understood what everyone has been talking about, it does have...

Nearing land

Posted 18th Apr 2008 by Kate
Apart from the occasional bird and schools of flying fish we have been without wildlife. If I were am...

Crossing the equator

Posted 17th Apr 2008 by Kate
With a plastic cup of cheap champagne and a piece of cake we toasted our success and watched as...

The Duldrums

Posted 14th Apr 2008 by Kate
Two knots of wind, an ocean without waves, no progress, and a...

Boobies (tee-hee!)

Posted 13th Apr 2008 by Kate
I don't mind the bird, says Michael, our captain, so long as it doesn't shit on the...

Contemplating a lack of power

Posted by Kate
There's only so much life evaluation you can do in a fortnight; sometimes you just want to sing along...

A lack of comedy beards

Posted 10th Apr 2008 by Kate
None of the imagination-devoid men on this yacht are utilising the opportunity of being this far from civilisation to...