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Topic: Henry Knight
By Alex on September 27, 2005, at 1200 UTC
Topic(s): Henry Knight, Rutter I’ve been thinking about young Henry KnightHenry Knight died of starvation on the emigrant ship Java (from England to Australia) and was buried at sea on the 6th Feb 1853 in the S Atlantic - 28.35 S, 26.09 W. On the way home from Falmouth (1st circumnavigation) Berrimilla passed about 100 miles to the north and sent him some chocolate in a paper boat. Henry's sister Susan died in sight of Cape Town and was buried at sea 8 miles SE of the lighthouse. We waved to her on the 2ncircumnavigation from very much closer. More here
and the thousands of people like him who died out here in truly appalling conditions and have no marker or memorial – some, like Henry, properly buried at sea with a log entry and … Continue reading
By Alex on September 29, 2005, at 0445 UTC
Topic(s): Henry Knight, Stars 0445hrs 29 Sep 2005 UTC 19’01”S 026’52”W Ref 392
Mal – I think half way down the Atlantic was just north of the equator. By my calculations, we have sailed about 4400 miles from Falmouth and we have 2700 to go to a point south of Cape Town. And 9000 … Continue reading
By Alex on September 30, 2005, at 1400 UTC
Topic(s): Barnacles, Belmore school, Ghosts, Henry Knight First, a quiz question for the geniuses at BelmoreSydney School corresponding with Berri SouthSydney School corresponding with Berri. I expect you all know that the sun sets in the west. This means that if you stand on a beach anywhere except in one place on the entire east coast of Australia, you will see the sun setting over land. It goes down behind trees or sand dunes or houses or cliffs. … Continue reading
By Alex on October 3, 2005, at 2350 UTC
Topic(s): Birds, Henry Knight, Petrels 2350hrs 03 Oct 2005 UTC 27’19”S 024’09”W Ref 412
It’s all too much. We haven’t seen any sign of life or humans for what seems like about a month – since just after the Cape Verdes, when the last of the birds left us. Today, we were joined by a … Continue reading
By Alex on October 4, 2005, at 0715 UTC
Topic(s): Henry Knight 
0715hrs 04 Oct 2005 UTC 27’34”S 023’40”W Ref 413
And now it’s tomorrow – At 2734 S 2340 W 04/0715, with the sun just breaking the horizon, we sent a little boat full of goodies towards Henry. It had two jelly snakesNatural fruit-flavoured sweets carried on board. , a … Continue reading
By Alex on October 5, 2005, at 0900 UTC
Topic(s): Henry Knight 05/1230 I’ve been hand steering the assyAsymetric spinnaker for the last 3 hours or so – wind still backing but unsettled and fluky around 15 knots. Heading for our waypointA fixed location with specified latitude and longtitude co-ordinates maintained by GPS at 3730 S 2000 E south of Cape Town, the gateway to the Indian Ocean, about 2 weeks away at this speed. And roughly half way. The schedule has slipped – half way in days is Oct 14 so we will be several days late at Cape Town. … Continue reading
By Alex on October 14, 2005, at 0550 UTC
Topic(s): Henry Knight 0550hrs 14 Oct 2005 UTC 38’16”S 003’44”W Ref 439
The sheer wonder of all this has just poked me firmly in the eye. Here we are in our little plastic bathtub home with all its talky toys, barrelling across the South Atlantic towards the barn doorMetaphor for whatever we were … Continue reading
1900hrs 02 Jan 2006 EDT Hobart
The day after the day before…
FenwickA friend and clearly a colourful character – lovely bloke – went back to the boat to sleep last night after a big meal up here at the Sutherland’s and it was lucky he did. Some idiot – … Continue reading
By Berrimilla on November 14, 2009, at 1812 UTC
Topic(s): Henry Knight 0700/19th position 2221 02252 trip 98/24 Little bit of breeze and creeping along.
Whoever might have been out there during the night isn’t there now. We will send Henry’s box off downwind at 0900 and contemplate over a refrigerated Murph. We are 400 miles from him this time but it … Continue reading
By Berrimilla on November 14, 2009, at 2233 UTC
Topic(s): Henry Knight At 0905 UTC we launched Henry’s little box at 22.26.1 S 022.44.5 W with instructions to the hairy old fart with the trident to ensure that it gets delivered by his favourite mermaid. Jelly snakesNatural fruit-flavoured sweets carried on board. , jelly beans and chocolate tied with red and green … Continue reading
By Isabella on November 15, 2009, at 0414 UTC
Topic(s): Henry Knight For those new to Berrimilla’s voyages, here is an explanation about Henry KnightHenry Knight died of starvation on the emigrant ship Java (from England to Australia) and was buried at sea on the 6th Feb 1853 in the S Atlantic – 28.35 S, 26.09 W. On the way home … Continue reading
By Isabella on November 15, 2009, at 0512 UTC
Topic(s): Henry Knight
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