Archives for the '2009 - South Atlantic Ocean' Category
St Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana - Mar 2009
Tropical South Atlantic Ocean - St Helena to French Guiana
We left St Helena on 21st February, bound for the Caribbean. Light trade winds sustained us for almost a week, before we encountered the doldrums far earlier than expected, at about 5 deg S, 25 deg W. Our mostly sunny, dry days turned into overcast, calm days with sightings of pilot whales, dolphins, and bright […]
St Helena - Feb 2009
St Helena is a very isolated British island, served only by the last remaining Royal Mail ship still in existence - the RMS St Helena. It is famous for many things, having been discovered and kept secret by the Portuguese for most of the 16th century. Other European countries then used it as a place […]
South Atlantic Ocean, Cape Town to St Helena - Feb 2009
We left Simonstown somewhat sadly on the 1st February, for our voyage across the South Atlantic Ocean.
We rounded the Cape of Good Hope and turned NW towards St Helena, our next stop. Seals accompanied us during that first day, and we managed to catch a nice tuna. The sea was very flat and continued […]