The Circumnavigation of ORINOCO FLO Part 3 by Rob Ward Marigot Bay, St Martin – Ansedes Colombiers, St Barts (A couple of days in the Caribbean) We arrived at St Martin’s by way of a stonking 13 knot close reach under jib and reefed main to Barbuda from Antigua. And after a Cray filled Barbuda (where […]
Sep 27, 2013 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: Acetone, Anguilla, Anne Hammick, Ansedes Colombiers, Antigua, Antilles, archive, Australia, Bandaloop, Barbuda, Barracuda, beach, blog, Bream, Caribbean, Cat, catamaran, Ciguatera, Cray, Glass, Goatfish, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, Jameson, Lagoon, Manchineel, Marigot Bay, Mel Clarke, O Flo, Orinoco Flo, O’Rourke, Parrot fish, Philipsburg, polyurethane, Portishead, resin, Rob Ward, Sandown, Sandy Bay, Shuttleworths, Southport, Spanish Grunt, Squirrelfish, St Barts, St Martin, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | 1 Comment »
The Circumnavigation of Orinoco Flo Part 2 by Rob Ward PART ONE FINISHED happily in Bayona on January 17th. The ‘Bay of Biscuit’ (Hils) had done its worst and the ship of fools had sailed into northern Spain on the back of a northeasterly gale with all nine relieved and happy – seven thinking that […]
Sep 26, 2013 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: Alan Pope, Antigua, archive, Atlantic, Azores, Bay of Biscuit, Bayona, beach, Bombora, Burial of the Sardine, Cabi Frio, circumnavigation, Colin Archer, Coralejo, David Nicklin, Dolphins, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gods of Sea and Earth and Wind, Graciosa, history, Ilheus Selvagem, Isla Lobos, Isle of Wight, Lanza, Lanzarote, Lobos, Madeira, O Flo, Orinoco Flo, Pico Ruivo, Playa Francesa, Porto Santo, Rob Ward, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory, World Surf Charters | Leave A Comment »
The Circumnavigation of Orinoco Flo Part 1 by Rob Ward I BUILT Orinoco Flo in the years 1992-4 with a small gang of young helpers. The circumnavigation took the form of an extended charter to help pay the bills. It was a long one – 35,500 miles. And it took us into the Southern Ocean […]
Sep 24, 2013 | Categories: The Nineties | Tags: archive, beach, circumnavigation, history, IOW, Isle of Wight, O Flo, Orinoco Flo, Rob Ward, stoked, surf, Surf Trip, surfboard, Surfer, surfing, swell, waves, wetsuit, wightsurfhistory | Leave A Comment »