A sailing blog for anyone interested.

[john_morris_uk]

Yacht Serendipity

It’s not monetised and mostly for the benefit of family and friends (many of whom are none sailors, so please excuse any explanations that might appear simple)

Mostly written by my wife but I do try and glance at the blog entries before they’re published. It’s often written on her phone so please excuse the typos etc. I also appreciate that I’ve told some of the stories on here so some of it is old hat to some forum members.

 

[Bajansailor]

Excellent!
I have just signed up for your weekly newsletter, thanks.

 

[john_morris_uk]

The weekly newsletter might not be weekly! It’s a bit random and we fly home today for Christmas so there might not be any updates until early January now.

 

[sailaboutvic]

John wish you and your wife luck on your adventure after many many years cruising I can say we don't regret one day not even the days when we sat out storms with the grab bag ready to go, cat and dog life jacket on as green water rush over the deck trying to wash them away .

We had our days of blog writing more my other half then me and for years we kept it going for friends and family, ours had to be writing in English and Dutch to accommodate some of my partner friends but in the end the blog got less and less as we found less to writing about .
There only so many time one can write we anchored in X had swim,explored X sew dolfin and another boat just dragged on to us.
So fair winds fellow forummate , enjoy each day as most of us know it don't last for ever .

 

[john_morris_uk]

John wish you and your wife luck on your adventure after many many years cruising I can say we don't regret one day not even the days when we sat out storms with the grab bag ready to go, cat and dog life jacket on as green water rush over the deck trying to wash them away .

We had our days of blog writing more my other half then me and for years we kept it going for friends and family, ours had to be writing in English and Dutch to accommodate some of my partner friends but in the end the blog got less and less as we found less to writing about .
There only so many time one can write we anchored in X had swim,explored X sew dolfin and another boat just dragged on to us.
So fair winds fellow forummate , enjoy each day as most of us know it don't last for ever .

How very true. Mrs M says there’s a lot of eating and drinking in the blog atm.

 

[Kelpie]

Thanks John, il will peruse that at some point.
Didn't realise you had a Sealord- we came quite close to buying two different examples before we settled on our Moody.

I was certain that we would start a blog, but in practise I find a lengthy Facebook post every couple of months summarises what I want to say, to the audience I choose.
Keeping a 45yr old boat in working order, and homeschooling a 6yr old, all on a pretty tight budget, seems to both keep us busy and not create thrilling content for other people to read.

 

[capnsensible]

Look forward to reading the next chapters of your adventures.

Fair winds!!

 

[john_morris_uk]

Look forward to reading the next chapters of your adventures.

Fair winds!!

Thanks Chris. We’re now at Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria. Boat snugged down with a couple of people keeping an eye on fenders and lines until we return on 02 January for the short hop across to Barbados.

 

[capnsensible]

Can't beat that peace of mind. Hopefully the recent weather is dispersing now and your flight is on time.

Enjoy a Blighty Christmas!

 

[Bajansailor]

Thanks Chris. We’re now at Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria. Boat snugged down with a couple of people keeping an eye on fenders and lines until we return on 02 January for the short hop across to Barbados.

And we shall look forward to welcoming you when you arrive here next year!

 

[john_morris_uk]

Can't beat that peace of mind. Hopefully the recent weather is dispersing now and your flight is on time.

Enjoy a Blighty Christmas!

Enjoy? We’ve flown home and immediately both tested positive for COVID…! Dental and hospital appointments over the next few days all in doubt

 

[capnsensible]

Enjoy? We’ve flown home and immediately both tested positive for COVID…! Dental and hospital appointments over the next few days all in doubt

Yuk....all I can say is we hope you recover soonest and still get some Christmas Cheer!!

 

[john_morris_uk]

Yuk....all I can say is we hope you recover soonest and still get some Christmas Cheer!!

Thank you. We’re isolating in daughter and future son in law’s spare room surrounded by various spares for the boat that I’d ordered. (Iridium phone, charger for the Icom handheld. New Pressure Cooker. connectors for the new solar panels etc etc.

 

[capnsensible]

Thank you. We’re isolating in daughter and future son in law’s spare room surrounded by various spares for the boat that I’d ordered. (Iridium phone, charger for the Icom handheld. New Pressure Cooker. connectors for the new solar panels etc etc.

Early Santa!

 

[Bajansailor]

Thank you. We’re isolating in daughter and future son in law’s spare room surrounded by various spares for the boat that I’d ordered. (Iridium phone, charger for the Icom handheld. New Pressure Cooker. connectors for the new solar panels etc etc.

I hope that yourselves only had a very mild dose of covid - not much fun being locked up with all your new toys, and not being able to install or play with them on the boat.
Are you still in high latitudes, and have you managed to abscond back down south?
I am thinking that you must still be up north, as Marinetraffic has not heard from you for almost a month now -
Ship SERENDIPITY (Sailing Vessel) Registered in United Kingdom - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 0, MMSI 235017228, Call Sign MVVH3

 

[john_morris_uk]

I hope that yourselves only had a very mild dose of covid - not much fun being locked up with all your new toys, and not being able to install or play with them on the boat.
Are you still in high latitudes, and have you managed to abscond back down south?
I am thinking that you must still be up north, as Marinetraffic has not heard from you for almost a month now -
Ship SERENDIPITY (Sailing Vessel) Registered in United Kingdom - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 0, MMSI 235017228, Call Sign MVVH3

We’re at Gatwick travelodge flying back out to Serendipity this morning. Barbados here we come. See you soon all being well. COVID was reasonably mild and we got our booster jabs a couple of days ago.

 

[Frank Holden]

We’re at Gatwick travelodge flying back out to Serendipity this morning. Barbados here we come. See you soon all being well. COVID was reasonably mild and we got our booster jabs a couple of days ago.

Hopefully we will be gone from Ecuador by the time you get to the Pacific. I did meet up with one other Sealord in Chile quite a few years back.
Safe travels!!!
My young bloke brought Covid down from Canberra about 12 days ago - Merry Christmas indeed. A 12 hour wonder for me but not very nice.

 

[Bajansailor]

Barbados here we come. See you soon all being well.

We shall keep an eye on Marinetraffic re wee pink blobs approaching from the ENE in a few weeks time

Best wishes for fair winds and happy tradewind sailing times ahead (and for some good fishing times as well!).

 

[RupertW]

We’re at Gatwick travelodge flying back out to Serendipity this morning. Barbados here we come. See you soon all being well. COVID was reasonably mild and we got our booster jabs a couple of days ago.

Fabulous - we’d hoped to be setting off to Barbados from Tenerife about now but are both down with the lurgy so potttering about in the boat til we feel a lot better. Maybe see you over there.

 

[capnsensible]

Fabulous - we’d hoped to be setting off to Barbados from Tenerife about now but are both down with the lurgy so potttering about in the boat til we feel a lot better. Maybe see you over there.

Fingers crossed you are up to ......Cross soon!