Comments on: Next stop Coffs Harbour

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:41:34 +0000

Go Nick!
Happy for you and good luck with this last bit of your voyage! I’ve been following your progress since you gave your talk here in the Berkeley marina at OCSC. I must admit, I’ll be a little sad when you get to Australia and your sailing blog will be finished! Selfish, I know.
Enjoy these last few days of your journey!
Karen
Berkeley, CA

By: Peter Lehmann

Peter Lehmann — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:06:01 +0000

Hi Nick, I am just amazed about your adventures! I just wrote an sms to you. I am sitting in Berlin celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Wall. My boat is at Cape Canaveral, but I am living in Melbourne,Fl. This month my nephew has his wedding in Melbourne Aus. – your “final” destination??? Maybe I will see you there! Stay safe and enjoy the final leg of your journey!
Peter, from melbourne Fl and now Berlin,D. (your writing is super – keep it up!!!)

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:53:56 +0000

I am sure you have become a fine sailor but let me tell you that you are a good writer.
I could feel your fear that night.
I really hope that you consider writing a book with your adventures.

Best of lucks and fair winds Nick!
Home is very close so GO NICK!!

Jose
From FL, USA.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:21:43 +0000

I have been following the last few day’s since I came across your site. I admire your courage to do this. As a sailboat owner myself, I know from experience that every little sound that isn’t normal can leave you wondering. But to be as far out as you are and have been and hear them would not be fun at all. Go Nick.

By: dawa

dawa — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:44:56 +0000

good luck on the penultimate stretch mate… see you by the end of the month?! i’ll keep some chocolate saved-up for ya.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:40:24 +0000

Isn’t sailing fun; you are either stuck with no wind and flapping sails or overpowered and have to heave to?

Great update. Bon vent!

Richard
Toronto

By: Vicki

Vicki — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:02:24 +0000

Hi Nick,

I’ve been following your progress on the last leg of your journey. It’s been a fantastic effort on your part, pettered with both the marvelous and the miserable. In reading your last post I could only imagine the huge relief you must have felt when you realised it was an errant self-inflating life jacket as opposed to a call to abandon ship! Hopefully you’ve found something to add to the grag bag to substitute for the chocolate but hopefully you won’t need it.

Good luck tracking to Coffs. Hope the weather is kind to you.

cheers, Vicki

By: Next stop Coffs Harbour @ Big Oceans | Leisure Toy Reviews

Next stop Coffs Harbour @ Big Oceans | Leisure Toy Reviews — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:51:29 +0000

[...] The sailing thus far, has for the most part been idyllic. I say for the most part, because the last 48 hours have verged more on the miserable scale of things than anything else. Passing 160 nautical miles (around 300km) south of New Caledonia, I decided to ask the weathermen how they thought the stretch [...] Direct Link [...]

By: Weide

Weide — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:44:50 +0000

Constellation is indeed a tough boat! So is her skipper!

By: Harald

Harald — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:09:13 +0000

Hi Nick, even you don´t know, that I do exist, I feel like droping you a note:

Go Nick, go!

You almost did it – great job sofar!

Best regards from Germany!

Harald