Author Archives: Angus Beaumont

On the 16th April 2023, Mowzer arrived safely in Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Some stats…Days at sea: 22.5Total miles: 3000nmMax wind speed: 34 knotsFastest day: 170nm made goodSlowest day: 24nm made goodShooting stars: lotsMega sunsets: 22Becalmed: 36 hoursBouts of seasickness: zeroChinese squid fishing boats encountered pillaging the ocean: too manyOtherContinue reading “Crossing the Pacific March-April 2023”

San Cristobal Before being allowed ashore, Mowzer was boarded by eight officials (including representatives from immigration, customs, environmental agencies, health officials, port control, a naval officer, a yacht agent, a candlestick maker?!) and the hull was inspected by a diver. In an attempt to preserve the unique ecosystem of the Galapagos, those arriving by sailingContinue reading “The Galapagos Islands March 2023”

On 23rd February, with bilges bulging with provisions, we were escorted out of La Playita anchorage by a pod of Pacific bottlenose dolphins. We anchored overnight off Isla Taboga in order to scrub Mowzer’s bottom, removing all barnacles and soft growth, a requirement for our next destination, The Galapagos, 1000nm to the West. We hadContinue reading “The Pacific to the Galapagos”

Portobelo From Colombia we had a 48hr sail to our next destination, Portobelo in Panama. We anchored off the UNESCO World Heritage 17th-century fortifications, surrounded by dense jungle inhabited by a community of especially vocal howler monkeys. In the past, Portobelo was the target of many pirate and privateer attacks and is the final restingContinue reading “Panama Jan – Feb 2023”

Santa Marta Next up on our travels, after a fast, furious and bumpy sail via Aruba, we arrived in Colombia. We began our South American travels in Santa Marta, Colombia’s oldest city, which is fringed by tropical beaches and backed by the stunning, snow topped Sierra Nevada. Here we caught up with kid boat friendsContinue reading “Colombia Dec 22 – Jan 23”

In Curacao, we Re-lived our misspent youths and partied like it’s 1997….Had to be dragged off the dance floor and home to our cabin by B and Z after we crashed a party on Papagayo Beach, Curacao Barnaby and Zennor completed their Open Water dive course. This makes them third-generation divers, following in the enormousContinue reading “Curacao November 2022”

From Martinique, we headed WSW 450nm to Bonaire. Running dead down wind, goose-winged, and with a favourable current, we arrived in the mooring field off Kralendijk in 72hrs. Bonaire is a Dutch island, 50 odd nautical miles off the coast of Venezuela, and is a national park, famed for its marine life and cool divingContinue reading “Bonaire November 2022”

Next up was a 160nm sail North from Grenada to Martinique for a bit of shopping. We upgraded our rusty 20-year-old 8mm anchor chain for some 10mm shiny G40. We also hit the supermarkets and re-filled our bilges with French produce. Whilst waiting for a decent weather window to head West, we hiked to DidierContinue reading “Martinique October 2022”

s Next up on our tour of the Caribbean was Grenada, the southernmost of the Windward Islands, and considered a safe-ish spot to hang out during the hurricane season. Statistically, you are less likely to be hammered by passing tropical storms here than in more northern islands, which is one of the reasons so manyContinue reading “Grenada June – October 2022”

The largest island in the Grenadines at 11km long, Carriacou is one of three islands comprising the country of Grenada. Here we built dens on the idyllic, uninhabited Sandy Island; explored Paradise beach on the mainland, did a couple of epic hikes with our favourite kid boats, Amani, Sunsplash and Gambler; and spotted some coolContinue reading “Carriacou -June 2022”