September 2005: Port Royal Marina in King Harbor, Redondo Beach, CA
October 2005: Los Angeles Harbor, CA
November 2005: Did not happen. We ended up back in the yard with Blue Sky hauled out. I'll detail results in the Dec. log.
December 14th. We have left Redondo Beach and are heading South. 1st stop was Ensenada to check into Mexico, get the boat it's fishing license and do the immigration paperwork. Stopped in Turtle bay for beer, ice & diesel. Stopped in Cabo for the same and arrived in Banderas Bay the evening of December 23. Christmas and New Years in Paradise Village.
January 14th: Gold Coast. Ipala, Chamela, Tenacatita, Barra de Navidad, Manzanillo, Aihuatenejo. We will Skip Acapulco and head North to PV around the 15th of Feb.
Heading out of PV April 8th bound for the Marquesas. Arrived Marquesas May 4th.
June: Nuku Hiva, Marquesas & Rangiroa, Tumoto.
July: Tahiti
September 2005: Redondo Beach, CA.
October 2005: Los Angeles Harbor, CA.
November 2005: Shake down cruise, Santa Cruz Island, Anacapa Island, Santa Barbara Harbor, Channel Islands Harbor (Ventura), Paradise Cove Malibu, Catalina Island, San Clemente Island, San Diego.
December 2005: If all goes well with the shake down we will head south along the Pacific coast of Baja. Stopping in at Islas San Benito, Turtle Bay, Mag Bay and push to Cabo San Lucas. From there we hope to travel up into the Sea of Cortez to get to La Paz. From La Paz we would head across the Sea of Cortez to either Mazatlan or to Isla Isabel. From Isla Isabel we will cove hop south along the mainland of Mexico to arrive in Banderas Bay at Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico December 19th staying through January 7th.
January-February 2006: Nuevo Vallarta along the Gold Coast of Mexico south to Acapulco. Stops in Tenacatita, Bahia de Navidad, Manzanillio, Zihuatanejo then on to Acapulco.
March 2006: Retrace our path back North to Nuevo Vallarta in preperation for the "Puddle Jump" to the Marquesas.
April-May 2006: Nuevo Vallarta to the Marquesas.
June 2006: Tutamotus/Tahiti
July 2006: Tonga
August 2006: Fiji
September 2006: New Caledonia
October 2006: Sydney, Austrailia
November-? Austrailia & New Zealand (Train, Plane & Automobile)
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Logs
s/v Blue Sky
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Friends of s/v Blue Sky
December 2006: Sydney Harbor, Woolwich Marina. s/v Blue Sky will stay here while we enjoy the Sydney area over the holidays.
January 2007: New Years Eve Party on s/v Blue Sky. The attendee list is getting larger! A week or so into January we plan to fly to NZ and explore the islands.
March-April: Return to Sydney and begin the process of getting s/v Blue Sky ready to explore Australia's east coast.
May-October: Austrailan East Coast. Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Capricorn Coast then up to the Great Barrior Reef and the Whitsunday's. Up and over Cape York and either a trip to Port Moresby, Papau New Guinea or west to Darwin in preperation to head to Indonesia.
August-September 2007 Indonesia: Kupang, Roti, Alor, Babar, Wetar, Flores, Sumba, Sumbawa, Komodo, Kalimantan, Ketapang, Kumai, Sumatera, Belitung, Singkep, Bintan, Batam.
October 2007 - January 2008 Sebana Cove Marina & Resort Malaysia. (one hour ferry ride to Singapore)
Novermber: Sebana Cove Marina/Johor Baharo (North side on Singapore on the Malaysian side of the river.
December: Port Dickson, Lumut, West Coast of Malaysia
January 2008: Penang then up to Langkowi
February 2008 Royal Langkawi Yacht Club (Bass Harbour)
March 2008: Sailing around the 99 Islands of Langkawi.
April - October 2008: Move into Rebak Marina Resort for rainy season.
October - January 2009: Thailand.
January 2009: Langkowi to provision for Indian Ocean crossing.
February 2009: Andaman Islands (India)
March 2009: Sri Lanka
April 2009: Maldives Islands
May 2009 Chagos
June 2009: Seychelles
July-August 2009: Tanzania &/or Comoros Islands
September - November 2009: Mozambique
December 2009: Durban South Africa to prep for the Cape of Good Hope.
August: Palmerston, Cook Island. Nuie.
September: Va' Vau Group, Tonga. Suva Fiji. Malallo Island (Mustket Cove)
October: Port Vila, Vanuatu.
November: Port2Port Rally from Port Vila, Vanuatu to Port Bundaberg, Australia. Bundaberg south along Australia's east coast to Sydney.
December 2007: Woolwich Marina in Sydney Harbor.
January - February: Flew to NZ and spent 1 month on the South Island. We then crossed over to the North Island and spent 2 weeks touring there.
April-July 2007: Left Sydney for Darwin. Stops in NSW: Pittwater, Iluka. Stops in Qld: Southport, Mooloolabar, Gladstone, Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Cairns, Thursday Island (Horn Island), Darwin.
August-September 2007 Indonesia: Checked into Indonesia at the city of Kupang on the Island of Timor. We then visited the following islands: Roti, Solor, Flores, Sumbawa, Rinca, Komodo, Lombak, Bali, Kalimantan (Borneo), Singkep, & Checked out of Indonesia at the city of Tanjung Pinang, Bintan.
October 2007: Sebana Cove Malaysia.
November 2007: Sebana Cove Malaysia.
December 2007: Rounded Singapore and headed North up the Malacca Straits. Stopped at Palua Pisang & the Water Islands off Malacca before getting into the Admiral Marina in Port Dickson.
January 2008: Sailed North up the West Coast of the Malacca Straits with stops off Port Klang, Pangkor Island & Pinang. Arrived Langkawi.
February: Langkawi with Sisters Lisa & Kara.
March: Quick 3 week trip up to Phuket, Thailand. Spectacular Islands in between Langkawi & Phuket.
April: Langkawi with Emma's sister Sarah & her family Jonathan, George & Justin.