Welcome to the web site of Zingano, a 43' cruising catamaran crewed by Jeremy Shaw and Leonie Shaw. Come here to:
 
bullet Find out more about the boat
bullet Follow the voyages of Jeremy and Léonie Shaw - look at our cruising logs or peek at our photos.

Navigation:
We've tried to keep navigating around our site simple. Use the menu bars on the left to select:

bullet Home Port to get back to this page
bullet Bosun's Locker for facts about the boat and equipment
bullet Zinganeers to learn a bit about us
bullet Zigzags for our cruising logs and articles by Jeremy
bullet Sightings for the photo gallery
bullet Signals Room for details of how to keep in touch
bullet Chain Links for our favourite links

Update log
The March 2005 update is the first since October 2004. All the new postings have thumbnails against them. You can click the thumbnail or the link to go to the item.
(Dates are when Jeremy updates the site on board. We sometimes send CDs to the UK for uploading, which can take a few weeks.)

  Date Update No. Content
25/3/05 33 Added:
Zigzags: Cleaving Guadeloupe. An article by Jeremy for Caribbean Compass on a passage up the Rivière Salée which divides Guadeloupe.
25/3/05 32 Added:
Zigzags: Your dink needs an angel chum: an article by Jeremy for Caribbean Compass on how best to stern anchor an dinghy.
25/3/05 31 Added:
Zigzags: First catch your conch: a photo-story by Jeremy for Caribbean Compass on how to prepar queen conch for the pot.
25/3/05 30 Added:
Zigzags: Four boats to Tobago - an article by Jeremy for Caribbean Compass on our passage to Tobago with three "buddy boats". We all chose to go a different way to the same spot. Why, and who did best?
25/3/05 29 Added:
Sightings: Cruising Antigua and Barbuda March 05 with Jeremy's cousin Katie and her husband Phil. See the beautiful beaches, the frigate birds and hear about our encounter with a family of minke whales.
25/3/05 28 Added:
Sightings: Marching in to the Saintes Feb 05: a visit to Les Saintes, islands off Guadeloupe. Pretty as a picture and with interesting wildlife.
25/3/05

 

27 Added:
Sightings: A walk on the wild side: cruising the East coat of Martinque - Jan 05 with Allways Sunday including one of the loveliest walks in the Caribbean.
25/3/05

 

26 Added:
Sightings: Christmas 04 in the Caribbean with friends from other yachts, fireworks in Fort de France and a visit to the volcano-blasted old capital of Martinque, St. Pierre.
25/3/05

 

25 Added:
Sightings: a spell in St. Lucia - Dec 04 - great pictures by our friend Todd Fulks of yole racing, and a state visit from our daughter Jessica (she only came really because her boyfriend was due in on the ARC!).
25/3/05

 

24 Added:
Sightings for our trip from Trinidad to St. Lucia - December 04. Fun times with Kathy Eastman and old family friend Anna Goodall.
25/3/05

 

23 Added:
Sightings for the Asa Wright Bird Sanctuary, Trinidad - November 04. Lots of birds - and a tarantula tale too.
25/3/05

 

22 Added:
Sightings for Divali in Trinidad - November 04 - a fascinating visit to this wonderful spectacle.
25/3/05 21 Added:
Sightings for Trinidad in summer/autumn 04. Find out why cruisers have a love-hate relationship with "Trini".
  22/10/04 20 Added:
* Sightings for our 30th wedding anniversary celebrations in Trinidad
  16/10/04 19 Added;
* Zigzags and Sightings for hurricane Ivan - how we escaped its path but became involved in the aftermath. The Zigzags take the form of our own experiences with hurricane Ivan, and an overview of hurricanes for those wanting to know more about North Atlantic hurricanes.
16/10/04 18 * Sightings for our trip to Tobago
  16/10/04 17 Added:
* Sightings for two trips we took round the islands of Grenada, with friends Ric and Kirsten, and also on our own.
  21/8/04 16 Added:
* Sightings for the Grenada Carnival which took place in August. There is no corresponding log. We watched two beautiful parades which are in separate pages: the wild and wacky Jouvert, and the Parade of Bands
  21/8/04 15 Added:
* Sightings of the flowers and buildings of Grenada taken in July. All the more poignant as it won't look so lovely again for some years yet....
  14/7/04 14 Added:
* Zigzags and Sightings for May 2004 - a visit from Jeremy's cousin Kate and husband Phil, and our return to Grenada. Also (of interest to yachties only) updates to email communications with more information on SailMail including its ability automatically to send weather forecasts and gribs - free!
  18/4/04 13 Added:
* Zigzags and Sightings for Puerto Rico, the Spanish and US Virgin Islands
  3/4/04 12 Added:
* Zigzags and Sightings for the Leeward Islands of Antigua, Nevis, St. Kitts, Statia, Saba, St. Martin/Maarten and Anguilla.
  24/2/04 11 Added
* Zigzags and Sightings for the Windward Islands from St. Vincent and the Grenadines to Dominica
  15/2/04 10 Added
* Zigzags and Sightings for our visit to Grenada
* Update to Bosun's Locker comparing Kiel Radio and SailMail for SSB email.
  10/1/04 9 Added
* Zigzags and Sightings for our time in Barbados
  27/12/03 8 Added
* Zigzags and Sightings for our Atlantic crossing from Gibraltar to Barbados via the Canaries
* Updated Email Communications in Bosun's Locker
  29/11/03 7 Added
* Zigzags and Sightings for our time in Spain from Barcelona down to Gibraltar
  23/10/03 6 Added
* Zigzags and Sightings for our cruise in the Balearics
  3/10/03 5 Added
* Zigzags and Sightings for our return to Malta, quick trip to Tunisia and week in Sardinia
  8/9/03 4 Added
* Zigzags and Sightings for our cruise round Croatia in August (note Sightings split into Islands and Mainland)
* Updated Email Communications in Bosun's Locker (strictly for nerds or yachties)
  27/7/03 3 Added Zigzags and Sightings for:
* The Saronic and Argolic Gulfs (May)
* The Cyclades (June)
* The Peloponnese (July)
* The Ionian from Zakinthos to Corfu (July), after which we left for Croatia
  22/5/03 2 Added Zigzags and Sightings for:
* Gulf of Corinth
* The Ionian
* Aeolians to Syracuse
* San Vito to the Aeolians
* A few more entries to Bosun's Locker (pros and cons of cats; plan of a Belize; details of navigation equipment)
  9/5/03 1 Added
* Details of our Malta refit (Zigzags and Sightings)
* Zigzags and Sightings for Porto Palo to San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily
* Information about email communication to Bosun's Locker
  07/02/03   Added a drawing of the sail plan. Minor cosmetic tweaks to improve navigation.
  02/02/03   Site rebuilt to overcome problems with Front Page extensions and shared borders and to improve legibility on low resolution screens. No significant content change.
  14/01/03   Pics of our trip to Malta in December '02
  12/01/03   Another pic of the boat
  12/01/03   Cruising log for Tunis to Malta
  12/01/03   Pics of our trip from Tunis to Malta
  08/01/03   First load

 

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