PodCastaway: Liveaboard Cruising

26: Bundaberg to New Caledonia

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 05:02:00 GMT

Our new cruising season has started with a 6 day passage from Bundaberg, Australia, to Koumac, New Caledonia. We arrived in New Caledonia on May 14th but only now, on a trip to Noumea, have I found the bandwidth to upload it.

25: Tonga Whale Watching Video

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:06:00 GMT

Here, as promised, is the 11 minute video I made of our great whale snorkeling experience in Tonga. A 74MB download if you are interested.

24: New Caledonia to Australia

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:08:00 GMT

The last podcast of the season, recorded during our 6 day passage from Noumea to Bundaberg. PodCastaway will be on hiatus now until we recommence cruising in April 2008.

23: Fiji to New Caledonia

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 02:42:00 GMT

Recorded during our passage from Fiji to New Caledonia. Includes:- lightning, 50 knot winds, an unscheduled stop in Vanuatu, the mutiny on the Bounty, and our personal backstory!

22: Fiji

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:42:00 GMT

This is a short update recorded during two overnight hops within the Fiji group.

21: Tonga to Fiji

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:24:00 GMT

Recorded during our passage from Ha'apai, Tonga, to Savu Savu, Fiji.
Includes accounts of our traumatic departure from Tonga, and our awesome whale watching trip! I encoded this at 32kbps - it sounds OK (to me) and is half the size.

20: Samoa to Tonga

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:43:00 GMT

A short podcast recorded on our two overnight hops between Samoa and Vava'u ... and our two week sojourn in Niuatoputapu. I found bandwidth in Vava'u, so here it is.

19: Bora Bora to Samoa. Part 2

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:11:00 GMT

Recorded during our passage from Bora Bora to Samoa. Part 2 of 2.

18: Bora Bora to Samoa. Part 1

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:59:00 GMT

Recorded during our passage from Bora Bora to Samoa. I ramble on about Tigger the cat and our mail delivery challenges. I split this Podcast into two due to uploading difficulties in Samoa. Part 1 of 2.

17: Tuamoto Archipeligo

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:53:00 GMT

This podcast runs from leaving the Marquesas May 22nd to arriving in Tahiti June 22nd. We visit Makemo, Fakarava and Toua Atolls in the Tuamotu Archipeligo and see lots o' sharks.

16: Galapagos to Marquesas

Tue, 8 May 2007 08:36:00 GMT

Recorded during our three week passage across 3,000 miles of Pacific Ocean from the Galapagos Islands to the Marquesas in French Polynesia.

I have since discovered that the island of UA-HUKA should be pronounced 'wa huka'. I appologise for mangling it in my ignorance.

15: Panama to Galapagos

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:25:00 GMT

This was recorded over four late night watches during our 8 day passage from Las Perlas, Panama, to the Galapagos Islands. I'm having to speak quietly so that I do not wake the off-watch crew!

14: Panama Canal

Mon, 5 Mar 2007 03:04:00 GMT

We've passed through the Panama Canal into the Pacific and this show is a soundseeing tour of the Canal transit.

13: Panama Canal Line Handler Training Video

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:25:00 GMT

In preparation for our own Canal Transit tomorrow, I have been through the Canal twice with other vessels. When I was with Lady Jane III I took along my pocket camcorder to shoot some video that would help me explain to my linehandlers (none of whom will have been through before) what to expect.

The quality is awful -- most is shot at night, and the camcorder is picking up a lot of wind noise -- but it might be of some interest. I couldn't film everything because I sometimes had work to do. I think they got something from it, but I'll go through every stage with them before we set off.

12: Passage to San Blas

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:25:00 GMT

Show 12. Recorded over a four day passage from Aruba to Panama's San Blas Islands. This is our last passage in the Caribbean. Soon we'll be going through the canal into the Pacific.

11: Off Venezuela

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:04:00 GMT

At sea in the small hours again. It shows -- I sound half asleep.

New music! No more Trinidad, so no more Pan. We're in Venezuela, so I've gone Latin.

10: Approaching Los Testigos (repost)

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:46:00 GMT

Show 10. Recorded at 2am a few miles short of Los Testigos, Venezuela. I thought we would be unable to stop at Los Testigos due to the conditions and the timing. I was wrong!

The mp3 was bad so I've re-uploaded it.

09: Haulout in Trinidad

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:55:00 GMT

End of the cruising season and we get hauled out in Trinidad. Sorry about the poor voice-over quality but I left my decent microphone behind when I came to California.We'll be back on the boat in October.

http://www.peakeyachts.com/

08: Montserrat and Underwater Photography

Thu, 18 May 2006 22:40:00 GMT

I know I introduce it as Podcast 7, but it's really number 8!

1. Our visit to Montserrat.

2. A review of our underwater photography equipment.

07: Trinidad Carnival

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:37:00 GMT

1. We came back to Trinidad for the Carnival. This is what we found.

2. Diving in St Vincent and St Lucia

06: The Grenadines and Weather

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:28:00 GMT

1. An Instant Guide to The Grenadines: An overview of the islands we have visited in the St Vincent and the Grenada Grenadines.

2. A Guide to Weather Sources: Where do we go for weather forecasts while we are cruising in the Caribbean?

Links to websites mentioned:

www.caribwx.com Chris Parker & the Caribbean Weather Center

www.sailmail.com Sailmail email service

www.saildocs.com Sailmail's email reflector

www.buoyweather.com Buoyweather

http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/gulf.shtml NWS New Orleans Weather Fax Schedule

05: Diving at Ile de Ronde

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:47:00 GMT

We made our first scuba dive of this cruising season at Ile de Ronde, just to the north of Grenada.

04: Trinidad to Grenada

Fri, 2 Dec 2005 19:41:00 GMT

An update from the cockpit at 4 am part way between Trinidad and Grenada.

03: SSB Email

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:04:00 GMT

ANOTHER update from Trinidad! (We shall be out of here real soon.) Plus the Instant Guide to SSB Email. For more SSB Email information see: www.sailmail.com and www.winlink.org

02: VHF Cruiser Net

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:01:00 GMT

In this episode: a boat update from Trinidad and "An Instant Guide to a VHF Cruiser Net".

01: PodCastaway Intro

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:32:00 GMT

This is my brief introduction to PodCastaway, produced during an idle evening sitting on the boat in marina in Trinidad.