Friday, October 23, 2009

Cousins

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Now Hamilton - Let me tell you the real story of our adventure........ Ok Josh - I've also so much to tell about farming Cows and Horses

Home - At Last

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Golla is behing the mountain of luggage!
Saturday, October 17, 2009

ETA

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Yup it's true! The Simminators are due back in Cape Town on Friday 23rd October. The details which I have are: Singapore Airlines SQ 478...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

HOPE HARBOR MARINA

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South Stradbroke Island

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Trickey Navigation

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I programmed in your co-ords, but they were a bit different from the position of the North East Channel as shown on my c -map (about half a ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

SLAP CHIPS & HAMBURGERS

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When we left for Hope Island Marina yesterday it was with no food as Quarantine had cleaned us out. Golla and I decided that the Quarantine ...

CUPPA?

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After facing some rather challenging times rather unsuccessfully we have finally found a cure. Just call out, "Anybody for tea?" W...
Monday, October 5, 2009

Done!

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We are tied to the dock up the Brisbane River. No more open ocean. FINALLY. Last night was a rough ride. The waves ripped the one inside cor...
Sunday, October 4, 2009

40 Miles to go and counting

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It's 4am. We are 40 miles from Brisbane. Just making sure no container ship runs us over on this last bit. I mean after 16000 miles / ha...

60 MILES TO GO!

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Day 6 3am local 60 miles from Brisbane Yes, you read right, we only have 60 miles to go. Since my previous email 12 hrs ago we have done mor...

Nearly there!

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It's now 7pm...both kiddies passed out. doing about 9knots and should arrive in Brisbane tomorrow late morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just ...
Saturday, October 3, 2009

Approach to the Marina

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DAY 5 - UPDATE

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Day 5 Update: 1330 Pm position: 25deg31S, 156deg05E 175 miles to Brisbane Its the final countdown... We have punched through the low pressur...

Marina with real beds that stay still and 9 hr sleeps

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285 Miles to Go

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FINAL DESTINATION - RIVERGATE MARINA - BRISBANE

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GO SHIMMI GO!

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Day 5 0330 am local pos: 25deg03S, 157deg09E 238 miles to Brisbane After motoring most of the day yesterday, we ended up having a sleigh rid...
Friday, October 2, 2009

Day 4

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3am 3 October pos 23deg56S, 159deg57E 390 miles to go We are making slow progress in a moderate sea. No real wind. Just slowly motoring with...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

Check These Links!

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http://www.bigoceans.com/2009/09/30/tsunami-in-western-samoa/ http://sailblogs.com/member/thewanderer/ I'm sure that Golla & Chantal...

Sumatra - Padang - Where Chantal/Golla lived!

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Eyewitness: Sumatra earthquake Two British people describe the shock and devastation caused by the powerful earthquake which struck the city...

The Horrid Groundhog

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Day 3 2 Oct 11am position: 23deg28.3S, 160deg47.6E speed 3-4 knots distance to go: 423 nautical miles By midnight last night the wind finall...

15 stories of tanker only 4 boat lengths away!

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Day 2 1900 local pos: 23deg20S, 162deg10E 531 nautical miles to go We've been hauling ass, eventually turning our first 24hrs into a 200...

A report from one of the yachts - just for your interest

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This just in from SV Gallivanter in Pago Pago:This morning (six hrs ago) we were shaken awake by an earthquake which seemed to have no end! ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

WHEW!

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We are fine. Have not see any Tsunami effect at all here. It must have hit on Tuesday when we were still in the marina. Now we are 150 miles...

Day 2

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1 October 4am local 650 miles to go position: 22deg43.8S, 164deg11.2E Dunno if you know, but this is the last voyage of us shimminators on s...

On the road again....

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Day One 30 Sept 2009 12pm local Destination: Queensland, Australia, either Bundaberg or Brisbane. Distance: 780 nautical miles ETA: Around 5...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

TSUNAMI

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A REPORT FROM A YACHT IN APIA! ( I watch the chat lines of yachts in the area for info for Shimmi - (Trevor) I am currently in Apia, Samoa a...
Saturday, September 26, 2009

DUMBEA PASS

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Chantal said this evening, that every day on shimmi is like an epic voyage, with a start, a middle, a climax, a fuckup, a turn for the bette...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

SURF SPOT 25TH SEPT

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Surf's UP!

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...And finally a surf! We have been advised by NZ weather guru Bob McDavitt not too depart for Brisbane before 30 September, as the lows bre...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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We are waiting in the most stunning stunning anchorage at isle de Pines once again eating baguette and watching our kids laughing! Sometimes...

Wheather or Not!

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Simple weather forecast by Bob MacDavitt. Bob charges 10NZ$ per 5 minutes.....takes him 40++ minutes to do a full forecast for a specific pr...
Monday, September 21, 2009

KUTO BAY

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KUTO BAY - HOLED UP

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Isles des Pines Last night we anchored in a crazy spot, we had to wind our way through a minefield of big bommies, inside the most pristine ...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

DAY 6 Decisions...decisions????

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0430 am (21:30UTC) 60 miles to Isles des Pines position: 21deg42.4S, 168deg15E course 225 degrees Its our 6th day since leaving Wilkes Pass,...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

ON OUR WAY TO ISLE OF PINES

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We left Aneityum Island, Vanuatu, this morning at 6am. We have 190 miles to go to the Isles des Pines, the southernmost island of New Caledo...

Do Not Disturb ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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Howzit all As it turned out there were no lights, no village lights, no leading lights, nada. We slowly came in through a wide pass, eyes gl...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Made it!

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We are now anchored waiting for the sea to calm down. Looks like it will be much lighter tomorrow and then we'll sail for New Caledonia....

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chantal's 38 B'day!

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Day 4 2am Approaching Aneityum Island Nothing like approaching a new anchorage in the dead of night during a new moon, just to rub salt into...

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Day 3 THE HORROR THE HORROR (Joseph Conrad) Position: 20deg15.8S, 169deg55E, approaching Vanuatu 　 By yesterday afternoon a nice SE was up a...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

DAY 2 - 200 miles!

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1600 (1500 UTC) Position 19deg26.5S, 174deg09.94E 418 miles to New Cal 1252 miles to Brisbane course 230 degrees Almost 200 miles on the fir...

DAY 1 -Wide Blue Ocean

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Day One 12 noon Position: Musket Cove, heading towards Wilkes Passage and open ocean Distance to New Caledonia 620 miles Distance to Brisban...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Off to se the Wizard of Oz!

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Howzit everybody, this is our final BULA (hello) and VINAKA (thank you) from Fiji. Tommorrow morning we set sail for Brisbane, 1200 nautical...
Saturday, September 5, 2009

SHIMMI ZERO

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Well, my dearest blog readers, we are getting to the end of our Fiji adventure. We have had 3 sets of visitors and with each we have had a u...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Musket Cove

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

PIX FOR THE SURFERS

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http://picasaweb.google.com/wilcopix/ShimmiFijiSurf?authkey=Gv1sRgCKel1-fEt4jz-wE

PIX TAKEN AROUND FIJI - AUG 2009

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http://picasaweb.google.com/wilcopix/ShimmiFiji?authkey=Gv1sRgCN6e7eHl_cXnqQE
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

New Crew Arrives!

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Deon + Rosa arrived safely with huge smiles and hugs all round. They checked into the hotel at about 7pm on Monday night and we all dived in...
Friday, July 31, 2009

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Liz + Jacques have just returned from their trip on Shimmi....here is a link to Liz's pics taken with her "Mik 'n Druk" ...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Yunaca Island

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We've been anchored at Yanuca island in front of Shannon's since Liz and Jacques left. We are now down to one carrot! Yesterday we d...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Frigates Pass

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After a stormy crossing from Matuku, we arrived at Benga Island, situated on the eastern side of the Benga Atoll, which is about 15 miles wi...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Liz's Version

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What a trip we had last night !!! Sailed 100 miles from the Laus to Frigits Pass - never imagined myself doing a major crossing like this. G...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

ANGRY FLOGGING SPINNAKER

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Matuku to Frigates Pass, 110 miles Position is just north of Kadavu Island This morning Josh, Jacques and myself hiked up one of the hills b...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Vinaka!

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The last few days were quite hectic aboard shimmi, mainly due to really crap weather, which culminated yesterday with gale force winds, caus...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Kava

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Kava is consumed in various ways throughout the Pacific Ocean cultures of Polynesia , Vanuatu , Melanesia and some parts of Micronesia an...

Matuku

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Welcome to Matuku We arrived outside Matuku at 1am, some stars were out but a virtually new moon made it very dark. Way to dark to attempt d...