http://www.hereticsailing.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:39:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Heretic sailing chronicles the voyage of the sloop Heretic westward around the world. Seth Leonard of Blue Hill, Maine purchased her in April 2006 and began refitting her for the voyage. Heretic departed Blue Hill in September 2006 with Seth Leonard, Ellen Massey, and two friends. ... http://www.hereticsailing.com/?p=154 We have successfully completed our global circumnavigation! Seth and I returned to Blue Hill, Maine on June 28, 2010, where a large collection of family and friends greeted us with cannons, signal flags, champagne, and hugs. We couldn't have asked for a better homecoming. We left Bermuda on ... http://www.hereticsailing.com/?p=153 We have been anchored in St Georges, Bermuda, for a week now and have thoroughly enjoyed the island, and its cooler weather after the heat of the West Indies.We spent a week in English Harbor, Antigua, where we were able to complete a few boat projects and do ... http://www.hereticsailing.com/?p=152 We are now anchored in English Harbor, Antigua, a beautiful spot whose facilities are housed in a restored 18th century British Royal Navy dockyard.After our arrival in Barbados on April 27, 2010, we spent a few days there doing all the errands needed after a month at sea, such as ... http://www.hereticsailing.com/?p=147 Heretic is back in the Northern Hemisphere, tied to the wharf in Bridgetown, Barbados, after three years in the southern latitudes.Since leaving St Helena on March 22, 2010, we took five days to complete the 700 mile passage to Ascension. The passage was squally and rainy, but ... http://www.hereticsailing.com/?p=142 We arrived at St Helena on the morning of March 14, fifteen and a half days out from Cape Town. We sailed from Cape Town a few days later than we intended due to a problem with our propeller. When we first installed the new Yanmar 3HM35 in ... http://www.hereticsailing.com/?p=141 We have now been a month in Cape Town, and have completed some big projects on Heretic here. Our engine project went very smoothly: Seth has grown very competent with diesels, and, once the engine was lifted out of the boat with the Yacht Club's crane, he ... http://www.hereticsailing.com/?p=135 Heretic is now in Cape Town, South Africa, a beautiful but very windy city. We made landfall in South Africa on December 13, after spending a week at Reunion Island, and two weeks making the fifteen hundred mile passage from there to Richards Bay, our first South ... http://www.hereticsailing.com/?p=132 We are now tied to the wharf in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius in the south Indian Ocean, 4000 miles west of Australia and several hundred east of Madagascar. We have been here two weeks, mostly involved in boat maintenance projects, including repairing our steering quadrant. ... http://www.hereticsailing.com/?p=128 Heretic is now in Darwin, Australia, soon to depart for the Indian Ocean.  While we've enjoyed our time in Australia, we are excited to be heading west to Africa. Since we left Port Douglas in late May, we explored the Queensland coast and the Great Barrier Reef.  Cooktown and Lizard Island ... http://www.hereticsailing.com/?p=127