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  1. Cleaning up Constellation. Do I really need 3 spare stanchions? Or a rusty can of olives from Spain? Jack (the filmmaker) arrives tonight! 5:55 PM Nov 24th from twhirl
  2. Thanks everyone for your support - I have the paperwork now, $2500 in taxes & fees! + Quarantine inspection (could be another $2k)... 7:36 PM Nov 23rd from twhirl
  3. Just interviewed by local newspaper & in the latest Lectronic Latitude http://is.gd/51q17 6:22 PM Nov 22nd from twhirl
  4. With great sadness and disappointment, my dear friend and confidant, 'Constellation' is for sale. Details are here: http://is.gd/507jK 7:53 PM Nov 20th from twhirl
  5. New blogpost: We’re home at last. In 743 days. http://bit.ly/2i7IQW 5:55 AM Nov 19th from twitterfeed
  6. Turns out I need to import my boat right now. Does anyone know a customs broker who does yachts? I can't leave till it's paid for... $2000+ 5:10 PM Nov 18th from web
  7. I'm in. Through with customs and quarantine (at a cost of $330) and sitting at the visitors dock. Talk about an anticlimax. 1:58 AM Nov 18th from web
  8. I can see a mythical land. They call it Australia, and there it is. After 2yrs 9:15 PM Nov 17th from API
  9. 34nm to go till Australia... Throwing anything fresh overboard - Bag of potatoes, one onion, and four cloves of garlic. 3:42 PM Nov 17th from API
  10. Up all night in heavy weather, tired, but very nearly there... Maybe even within 24hrs. 4:19 PM Nov 16th from API
  11. Speed: 4kts Miles2Go: 108nm 24Hr Run: 100nm Status: En route to Coffs Harbour.. Position: http://s2t.me/bigocn 4:19 PM Nov 16th from API
  12. Crossed into Australian economic waters (EEZ). Preparing to get my ass kicked by the weather... 12:14 PM Nov 15th from API
  13. Speed: 3kts Miles2Go: 313nm 24Hr Run: 51nm Status: En route to Coffs Harbour.. Position: http://s2t.me/bigocn 12:31 PM Nov 14th from API
  14. Trying to maintain latitude so as not get be in the center of a forecast cold front... 269nm to Brisbane, 313nm to Coffs Harbour 12:31 PM Nov 14th from API
  15. A grand discovery! Microwave popcorn made in a pressure cooker. Why haven't I been doing this for the last 2 years? 6:02 PM Nov 13th from API
  16. La la la... Slowly sailing west... It's a nice calm morning at sea. 390nm to go. 11:48 AM Nov 13th from API
  17. Speed: 1.9kts Miles2Go: 442nm 24Hr Run: 110nm Status: Coffs Harbour.. Position: http://s2t.me/bigocn 12:11 PM Nov 12th from API
  18. I think this is the part in the voyage where I bob around and go nowhere for a week... I might have to eat the horses. 3:32 PM Nov 11th from API
  19. New blogpost: Next stop Coffs Harbour http://bit.ly/23aCBr 12:33 AM Nov 11th from twitterfeed
  20. Sorry Brisbane-Redirecting to Coffs Harbour... Saw a waterspout form yesterday, and promptly sailed in the opposite direction. 11:32 AM Nov 10th from API
  • Name Nick Jaffe
  • Location Somewhere in the Pacific
  • Web http://www.bigoce...
  • Bio Sailing solo from Europe to Australia via the Atlantic, Rocky Mountains and Pacific ocean.
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