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Karen’s Travels
World Cruising Logs
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Since my last update we have completed the longest passage on the world circumnavigation – 2980 nm from Santa Cruz in the Galapagos to Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands.

We had Patrick and Janie to help us (thanks!) over the 21-day passage. Three weeks is honestly too long to be sailing non-stop, but needs must.

After a few days in the Marquesas we said goodbye to Patrick and Janie and sailed ourselves the 480 nm south-west to the Tuamotu Islands and the Ahe atoll. All the atolls are a challenge – poorly surveyed and charted sometimes and inaccurate tide tables. Only to be attempted in daylight and in good visibility.

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Mistral Sailing
Karen’s Travels
World Cruising Logs
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It’s been quite a few weeks – Panama Canal (got clunked into the side), Panama City, the Las Perlas Islands in the Gulf of Panama and the passage from Las Perlas to Galapagos. Here are a few photos to give you a flavour.

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Karen’s Travels
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Read more at:
Mistral Sailing
Karen’s Travels
World Cruising Logs
YB Tracker

Read all about it on Karen’s blog and the Mistral Sailing blog.

There’s much more on Karen’s Travel blog and our Mistral Sailing blog.

We collected Mistral of Portsmouth at the beginning of August, and with the help of Bill, Sheila, Laura and Rory, we sailed her from Gruissan in France to Palma, Mallorca.

Since then we’ve been based in Palma. Quite a few friends and family have visited including Laura H, Calum, Ceri, Isobel, Mia, Tilly, Shirley, Jane H and Janice. More to come!

Mike of Guardian Yacht Services has been a great help with finding experts to repair and improve the boat. And there have been a few things to fix – tender motor, mainsail furling, a tear in the genoa to mention a few.

So far, apart from fixing broken things and learning how to splice dyneema into soft shackles, we’ve visited Andratx, Cala Blanca, Las Isletas, Soller, Deia, Pollensa, Port-Petro, Laguna del Salobra, some of those in the course of sailing around Mallorca. And now the weather is starting to cool down, we’re enjoying Palma even more.

Read more on Polarsteps and Mistral Sailing.

AP 129 Flying – Volume 1 – Aircraft & Equipment

AP 129 Flying – Volume 2 – Aircraft Operation

Bulldog T Mk 1 Flight Reference Cards

Chipmunk T Mk 10 Flying Instructor’s Handbook

Chipmunk T Mk 10 Flight Reference Cards

Gnat T Mk 1 Aircrew Manual

Gnat T Mk 1 Flying Instructor’s Manual

Gnat T Mk 1 Flight Reference Cards

Harrier GR3/T4 Flight Reference Cards

Hawk T Mk 1 Flight Reference Cards

Jet Provost T Mk 3 & T Mk 4 Flying Instructor’s Handbook

Jet Provost T Mk 5 & 5A FRCs

RAF Swanton Morley Gliding Instructions

Last document for a while – the 1955 version of Volume 1 of AP 129-Flying.

The RAF’s bible of flying – AP 129 Flying Volume 2 – Aircraft Operation, 1958 edition (thanks Batty). Volume 1 – Aircraft And Equipment to follow shortly.