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Our BLOG about sailing around on Gradiva, our Amel 53 Mango


Weather advise from anyone in the know please!
Okay, I've just spoken to Pete again at 6.30pm tonight (Friday) and they have just been through a storm. He asked me to check for weather...
Only 200 nautical miles away
I don't really know what that means but I spoke to Pete again this morning and they are 200 nautical miles off the coast from Bundaberg...


Wind is not looking good...
Well the winds have changed a bit since my last post but that was always going to happen. Let's hope they get in to Bundaberg some time...


I spoke to Pete today!!
He called from the satellite phone just to let me know they were travelling okay. Amazing technology. He said he couldn't speak for long...


They continue to move in the right direction...
Okay, just had an email from Marc Arav, giving me some tracking information on Gradiva - see image below. vesselfinder.com doesn't seem...


And they're off!!
Well, the new crew of Gradiva have set sail from Noumea to Australia at last!! They cleared customs this morning and set sail for the...


Pete has done his due diligence
This journey has been years and years in the making...Pete has wanted to sail the world his whole life. He has certainly done his due...


We did it!!
Can't believe we actually did it! We bought a yacht. Not a jeep...a yacht!! Well, Pete did it - I've had pretty much nothing to do with...
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