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Coromandel Quest - Welcome to our Website! |
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Coromandel in Los Testigos Welcome! Where have been since 01/06/07 Puerto Lopez, Quito, Otavalo and Latacunga
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A Young Girl from the Andes Read and enjoy! As the grandmother of one of our fellow yachties said, "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "Whoa - what a ride!" Courtesy of Scott's Grandma, Eleanor. |
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Andy and I have been married for 14 years and have a yacht called Coromandel Quest in which we are sailing around the world. Coramandel is a Nicholson 35 masthead sloop, built in 1973. She has a dark blue hull and teak decks, in-mast reefing on the main and a roller-furling headsail. Her engine is a 49 hp Perkins diesel. We bought her in Weymouth in April 2006 and sailed her back to Blyth in May of that year, after having some work done on her; new standing and running rigging; strengthened chainplates; repairs to the teak deck. It was an uneventful passage, with just one stop - in Lowestoft to fill up with diesel. In these pages we hope to give you a flavour of where we are, what we're doing, what the sailing's been like, what we've seen and what we think about how our cruise is progressing. In 2006 we cruised the north east coast from Hartlepool to Eyemouth, including a pleasant run to the Tyne and back on Christmas Day. We have also undertaken a planned programme of maintenance and improvement; a bow-thruster and holding tank have been fitted; the hull has been coppercoated; a new anchor and 85m of chain have been purchased, along with a new flare pack, charts, cruising guides etc.
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Living on board presents some challenges, but at 10m Coromandel gives us space to live in reasonable comfort. The navigation area is well-equipped, yet without dependent systems; we have a simple GPS and have used astro-navigation whenever we can to keep our skills sharp. I've always been keenly interested in needlework - embroidery, patchwork, quilting, knitting, crochet and tatting. I usually have a couple of pieces on the go - one which has to be worked on at home and one which is more portable. I think it all goes back to childhood when one of my teacher's favourite expressions was "The Devil finds work for idle hands". I've managed to pack some of my quilting and embroidery supplies on board and have embarked on a series of Journal Quilts to mark the outstanding feature of each month of our cruise. As these are finished, I put them on my Journal Quilts page for you to see. In addition, I can't resist buying indigenous textiles; you'll fine these on the Textiles page. |
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