ALL HANDS


Peter Helburn's journal of his travels

on Little Chance

Summer 1966 - Little Chance's Trip to Nova Scotia


October 1984 - Leaving Boston to Bermuda.

November 1984 - Bermuda to shipweck on Anegada.


on Apogee

July 1987 - Round Pond to Halifax and St. Pierre, and return. A great cruise.

Jul/Aug 1987 - Peg Kocher's Journal - Halifax to Round Pond on Apogee


November 1987 - At Sea, finally, from Boston

Nov/Dec 1987 - Stan's journal of trip from Boston through three storms to St. Thomas

December 1987 - Hard weather, equipment failures, salt sores; close to the limit

January 1988 - Peter and Apogee in rehab at Avery's Boatyard in St Thomas

End of January 1988 - Peg Kocher's Journal of the Apogee's voyage from St. Thomas to Ensenada

February 1988 - Apogee loses her mast with Peter single-handed, night time and heavy seas

April 1988 - Building a new mast.

May 1988 - Fitting the mast - planning to sail north


October 1988 - A false start south to Bermuda - in for repairs - and away again

May 1989 - North from Guapao, PR to Pablo Creek Marina, Florida

June 1989 - On to Round Pond


October 1989 - Round Pond to Bermuda - trials but no disasters

November 1989 - Bermuda south, single-handed.

March 1990 - Reflecting on the winter in Puerto Rico

Late April 1990 - Preparing for Sea, PR to Bonaire

May 1990 - Captain and dive director for dives at Bonaire's coral reefs

End of May 1990 - Beating north toward Puerto Rico, Apogee loses her mast, and limps to Aruba without mast, rudder, or SatNav

June 1990 - To Porto Fijo, Venezuela for adventures with the locals, and finally for repairs


October 1990 - Apogee finally ready to sail again, back to Puerto Rico

November 1990 - Ensenada to St. Thomas, despite engine problems

January 1991 - Return from St Croix to Ensenada

April 1991 - Getting ready to set off from Porto Real, PR

Early May 1991 - A false start, and then off again for the trip north.

May 1991 - Becalmed, and towed into Newport, RI.


November 1991 - South to Ensenada, by American Airlines.

April 1992 - Plans to fly north after winter in PR.

September 1992 - Shipsmith at Mystic Seaport Museum.


October 1992 - Unbelievably difficult voyage out of Boston. Abandoned, Apogee sails off toward nowhere.

January 1993 - Joining a French crew for a sail to Marigot on St. Martin

April 1993 - Peter has a stroke, recovers to nearly as able as before.

June 1993 - Starting work at South Street Seaport in NYC.

December 1993 - In crew-quarters of the old Ambrose Lightship, then criss-crossing the East Coast

May 1994 - "I'm giving up on Puerto Rico"


December 1996 - Settling in in Vermont

December 1997 - Both of us have stopped smoking.

March 1999 - All Hands moves to the web.

February 2002 - A last All Hands. Fresh winds and fair tides


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