Novara - Drone images from Antarctica
A huge vote of thanks to Andrew Cassels for his amazing pilotage skills. Remember his view of this on his smartphone screen !
The North Atlantic
I had looked at the alternatives for bringing Novara back to Europe and decided to take the high north Atlantic route from Camden, Maine...
Return to Camden, Maine
On the 10th June Novara completed her 32,950nm passage from Camden in Maine around the Americas with side trips to Easter Island, The...
THE ULTIMATE ICE BREAKER
I have been making some changes to the Novara website to bring it up to date, add a few more details about the boat and to highlight the...
Isle a Vache, Haiti
The passage from Bonaire to Haiti was a classic trade wind sail of around 460nm completed in 2 1/2 days. With winds steady at 15 to 18...
Blog Update #2
Trish and I were joined in Bonaire by our daughter, son in law Yann and our two French grandsons, Sam and Zack. We had chosen Bonaire to...
Blog Update # 1.
I realise that it has been some time since I last updated Novara's progress. It is not as though nothing has been happening, since...
Salvador
From Vittorio we made the long leg up the coast to salvador with favorable winds and current in fast time. Salvador is another Unesco...
Rio
The large bay of Baia do Ilha Grande is a wonderful cruising area and it would have been good to have had the time to explore the many...
Brazil - Paratii
This long leg from Uruguay and along the coast of Brazil was always going to be a bitter sweet experience, with so much to see and so...
