15 May 2012 You can’t ‘do’ Lord Howe in a long weekend, and to be sure, the Gurus did not ‘do’ the standard LHI list: Mt Gower, museum visits etc. The Gurus did, however, did however, manage to experience the best of local hospitality (including being put up for two […]

11 May 2012, Lord Howe Lord Howe! Paradise circa 1950…. What a landfall – spotted in moonlight at 4 am, it grew magnificent as a looming outline framed against perfect sunrise. We sailed in between the reefs, breaking waves either side of us and into a picture perfect aquamarine lagoon, […]

08 May 2012 Day 3 on the slow boat to Lord Howe. Master Chef Animal is excelling himself – papaya with lime, tomato juice, muesli and posh coffee for brekkie after the roast chicken-with-everything dinner last night, with candles and tablecloth and white napkins and last but not least the […]

06 May 2012 Gurus head East – hopefully to warmer conditions ! Check the added photo album ‘Au Revoir’ in MORE PHOTOS. Don’t know why it doesn’t appear as an album. Miss you motley crew already. PS Mike your photo was posted upside down so I replaced it .. x […]

04 May 2012, Greenwich Flying Squadron Question: exactly what would it take to make Resolute settle comfortably down onto her waterline? Answer: A lot. Then a pile more. About 800 litres of diesel; provisions sufficient to sail ‘to Hawaii and back’ (so quibbed ‘provisioning mate’ Bill when he saw Mike’s […]