Sailing on the horizon

This is the story of the building and homeward-bound maiden voyage of Horizon, a Chris White Atlantic 48 high-performance cruising catamaran. Philip and Kristin Zhivago had the boat built in Cape Town, South Africa, then sailed it home to Jamestown, RI, from April to June, 2009. Kristin blogged as they traveled across the southern and northern Atlantic oceans. They went 8,000 miles, and only stopped once during their 2-month trek. This site contains those posts, starting at the beginning of their journey.

Month: June 2009

CAPTAIN PRAISES ADMIRAL; ADMIRAL EATS HUMBLE PIE

June 1, 2009November 8, 2018 Kristin Zhivago

Current Time: 2:00 AM Current Position: North 18 degrees 48 minutes, West 53 degrees 43 minutes Hi, Everyone … From Philip, 4:46 PM, Sunday As I opened a galley locker this morning, to get out some cereal for breakfast, I realized that it had a “depleted” look to it. There is certainly enough there that […]

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PANAMA TRAFFIC ZONE, CAPTAIN’S JURY RIG, CLEANLINESS, WATERBLOMMJIES

June 2, 2009November 8, 2018 Kristin Zhivago

Current Time: 1:40 AM Current Position: North 20 degrees, 25 minutes West 55 degrees, 37 minutes Hi, Everyone. Moonlit night, very bright. Horizon zinging along, mostly 8 knots. Just scanned the horizon again for traffic. We are actually in a high-traffic area, because of the Panama Canal – ships coming to and from Europe, for […]

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THE CAPTAIN’S JURY RIG OPERATION; MUFFINS

June 4, 2009November 8, 2018 Kristin Zhivago

Current Time: 1:24AM, Wednesday morning Current Position: North 25 degrees, 03 minutes West 59 degrees, 06 minutes Hi, Everyone. So sorry for the silence. The sat phone charges were being put on a credit card that has a fairly low minimum, so even though we paid it off before we left, and because the charges […]

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MAGIC MOMENTS, RESOURCEFUL BROTHER, REALITIES

June 5, 2009November 8, 2018 Kristin Zhivago

Current Time: 1:26 AM Current Position: North 26 degrees, 55 minutes West 60 degrees, 21 minutes About 1000 miles from the Beavertail Lighthouse, Jamestown, RI Hi, Everyone. Last night was beautiful. I wrote this then: It’s currently Thursday AM – wee hours – I just sent out last night’s update. I will send this tomorrow. […]

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HUNTING FOR WIND, BANDWIDTH FOLLIES, MAN IN THE MOON

June 6, 2009November 8, 2018 Kristin Zhivago

Current Time: 2:14 AM Current Position: North 27 degrees, 10 minutes West 62 degrees, 06 minutes Hi, Everyone. Here’s a shot of a sunrise after a storm, a shot I took on this leg of the trip: Busy day. Started out with a spectacular display, aft of us, put on by a squall that had […]

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GHOSTING TO BERMUDA, MOORING UNDER SAIL, OUR FIRST HORIZON JOB, LAUGHING GULL

June 7, 2009November 8, 2018 Kristin Zhivago

Current Time: 1:15 AM Current Position: North 28 degrees, 38 minutes West 62 degrees, 50 minutes Hi, Everyone. Our search for wind to the west was a bust, so we gybed the main and the code zero sail this morning at the end of my watch, when Philip got up, and headed north again. Most […]

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ZOOMING TO BERMUDA – NOT. SHOWING ALL SEA AROUND ALL THE TIME, TAKING DOWN THE SNAKE.

June 8, 2009November 8, 2018 Kristin Zhivago

Current Time: 2AM and 5:30 AM Current Position: North 30 degrees 18 minutes, West 63 degrees, 06 minutes – about 100 miles south of Bermuda Hi, Everyone. Ch-ch-ch-changes. That’s one of the realities of sailing. This afternoon we were still ghosting along, with the code zero sail up and a very calm sea, just tiny […]

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FINAL LEG, TERN HITCHHIKER, CHANGING DIRECTIONS

June 9, 2009November 8, 2018 Kristin Zhivago

Current Time: 3:19 AM Current Position: North 32 degrees, 55 minutes, West 64 degrees, 08 minutes Hi, Everyone. Going upwind now (sailing as close to the oncoming wind direction as possible), making 5 – 7 knots in what is probably 5 – 10 knots of wind. We have a hitchhiker. Victor C. asked if we […]

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THE ADMIRAL GETS PHILOSOPHICAL, THE CAPTAIN’S ANSWER, HOMECOMING

June 10, 2009November 8, 2018 Kristin Zhivago

Current Time: 2:30AM Current Position: North 34 degrees, 48 minutes West 65 degrees, 20 minutes Hi, Everyone: So much to say, so little time. But, I’m sure we’ll be fine – As long as the fingers Don’t get ahead of the mind. Yes, I was a poet when I was younger. Even wrote quite a […]

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MOTORING, NOT MOTORING, MOTORING … ALMOST HOME

June 11, 2009November 8, 2018 Kristin Zhivago

Current Time: 1:30AM Current Position: North 36 degrees, 43 minutes West 67 degrees, 11 minutes Hi, Everyone. A high overcast layer is covering the moonlight tonight. We are motoring through a no-wind area, something we had to do earlier today, but only for a short time. Now we may have to motor all night; this […]

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