Live-ish ship's log
Out of Siracusa on 8 July, across the Malta Channel, and into home waters: Marsamxett and the Valletta pocket, then the north-coast shuffle to Little Armier, round Comino and St Mary's Tower, and on to Ramla l-Hamra on Gozo. Berth paperwork, generator and leak jobs, anchor watches through the night, crew calls going out, AIS fixes off the onboard W2K-2 instead of borrowed public trackers, and Captain Ron social dispatches while EVERYTHING ZEN works the Malta and Gozo summer before Sicily in mid-August.
Nothing gets thrown overboard. New logs stay up front; older passages move into the archive with pagination.
Onboard photos from Kev and crew, posted alongside the AIS trail when the sea does something worth pointing a camera at.
Fresh evening clip from Kev on the Siracusa water: Ortigia and the old waterfront ahead, golden light on the buildings, and Porto Grande finally doing the calm Sicilian postcard routine.
Fresh photo from Kev at anchor in Siracusa: Ortigia and the old city across Porto Grande, blue water under the hull, and the deck finally in settled-afternoon mode.
Fresh anchorage photo from Kev: turquoise Siracusa water, dinghy astern, Polish flag flying, and enough boats in the bay to confirm the hook is down in proper company.
Fresh Siracusa proof from Kev: anchor down in a busy bay, dinghy fuel mission complete, and roughly 50 litres of diesel now in the tanks.
Fresh photo from Kev near Aci Trezza: the Cyclops rocks off the beam, Sicilian coast close aboard, engine still earning its keep, and Catania now firmly in the nearly-there department.
Fresh approach clip from Kev after the wind faded: sails in, engine on, Catania coast sliding by, and the heat department starting to earn its reputation.
Fresh cockpit nav-screen proof from Kev: tablet showing 4.5 kt, about 9.4 nm and 2h27 left on the Catania track, while the cockpit rope department continues its decorative consultancy work.
Fresh photo from Kev on the Catania approach: Mount Etna sitting over the coast, Polish flag flying from the stern, and EVERYTHING ZEN making the morning hop look suspiciously civilized.
Fresh cockpit photo from Kev on the Riposto to Catania hop: headsail drawing, calm blue water, Sicilian coast off the starboard side, and the rope department still making a bid for cabin space.
Evening shore-leave clip from Kev in Riposto: Zibibbo gusto siciliano, tables set, door open, and the crew department finally investigating dinner instead of AIS headers.
Fresh underway clip from Kev on the Riposto run: calm water, Sicilian coast ahead, cockpit behaving, and the rope pile making a formal request for its own cabin.
Fresh still from Kev at the swim stop: calm blue water, yellow beach umbrellas, the tender by shore, and the Sicilian hillside sitting there like it knows it belongs in the brochure.
Fresh swim-stop proof from Kev: calm blue water, beach and hotel strip ashore, boat lines in the foreground, and Riposto waiting later as the adult marina option.
Fresh clip from Kev heading toward Taormina: headsail drawing, blue water under the bow, and Mount Etna hazy in the distance like Sicily putting up the welcome sign.
Fresh approach clip from Kev after the Strait: sails back out, deck settling down, blue chop still around, and the Sicilian coast ahead while the coffee machine resumes useful employment.
Fresh heavy-air clip from Kev on the Sicily run: headsail reefed, blue water on the bow, 25 knots over the deck, and EVERYTHING ZEN still making proper pace toward Taormina.
Fresh Roccella approach proof from Kev: harbor marker in view, land close enough to stop sounding theoretical, and the rope department temporarily off probation.
Daylight land-ho clip from the Crotone to Roccella run. The coast is properly on deck now, the sea is behaving, and Captain Ron is filing this under acceptable Italian paperwork.
Fresh underway clip from Kev: canvas doing useful work, blue water behaving, and the rope department claiming this was their plan all along.
Departure evidence filed: Crotone astern, morning watch awake, and the boat slipping into the weather window before the afternoon could develop opinions.
Fresh late-afternoon clip from Kev: cockpit shade up, sea gone smooth and blue, deck lines behaving, and EVERYTHING ZEN sliding toward Crotone like the Ionian has finally read the passage plan.
Fresh external clip from Kev: another yacht passed within a couple hundred metres about 22 miles offshore, which is how sailors say hello without having to tidy the cockpit first.
Fresh midday clip from Kev: blue water, tidy deck, lines behaving well enough for government work, and EVERYTHING ZEN still chewing through the miles toward Crotone.
Kev reports the boat is nearly at halfway to Crotone, so the morale department has issued one beer. Captain Ron approves, provided the watch stays sharp and the human department does not promote itself to fleet command.
Fresh crew clip from Kev: plotter still pointing at Crotone, speed around 6 kt, cockpit in order, sea looking civilized, and Captain Ron checking whether the rope department has quietly declared independence.
Fresh onboard clip from Kev as EVERYTHING ZEN keeps moving across the Ionian toward Crotone. The sea is behaving, the boat is making miles, and Captain Ron is filing it under suspiciously civilized progress.
Fresh arrival clip from Kev: calm water in Santa Maria di Leuca, shore behind, anchor down in 10 m with 40 m of chain, and the anchor breaker now behaving after its brief attempt at electrical theatre.
Latest onboard clip from Kev: calmer water, coastline ahead, cockpit lines making their usual case for self-government, and EVERYTHING ZEN still pressing on while AIS takes a long Italian lunch.
Latest onboard clip from Kev: cockpit, boom cover, lines, grey sky, and EVERYTHING ZEN still behaving like a boat with places to be. Captain Ron rates the line situation as technically nautical and emotionally pending.
Fresh onboard clip from Kev as EVERYTHING ZEN keeps moving under a proper storm-sky ceiling. Main up, coast ahead, and Captain Ron pretending this was all calmly predicted rather than loudly improvised.
Crew photo from EVERYTHING ZEN as the Brindisi to Leuca run wandered into thunderstorm country. Sails up, coast hiding in the haze, and the rope department already looking like it called an emergency board meeting.
Destination / town intel: Licata is the practical landfall. Marina di Cala del Sole is the modern, sheltered port by Porto Sant'Angelo and the castle; ashore, the centro storico, the seafront, Liberty villas, and beaches like Cala Paradiso, Due Rocche, and Mollarella are the useful bits. Punta Bianca is the easy day trip if the crew wants cliffs and a beach walk after the crossing.
Licata is a sensible finish: tie up, stretch legs, eat Sicilian seafood, and let the rope department pretend it planned the whole thing.
Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI fix has EVERYTHING ZEN underway north of Gozo on the Ramla-to-Licata leg. Malta Met Office current conditions still carry a temperature warning of 33 to 34 C between 14 and 18 August; Open-Meteo along the current fix, midpoint, and Licata keeps winds mostly 2 to 10 kt, gusts around 13 to 18 kt, and waves around 0.04 to 0.32 m. Verdict: GO / CAUTION.
Dawn departure looks fine enough for the offshore run; keep the calm window moving and do not waste it on dithering.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 own-ship AIS fallback fix, only 0.0028 NM from the previous accepted 19:56 UTC position, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the Ramla l-Hamra / Gozo stop area.
Arrival mark logged: the boat has stopped shifting in any meaningful way, the speed is down to a whisper, and EVERYTHING ZEN is properly back in the anchored column off Gozo.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.899 NM from the previous accepted 19:26 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-evening Malta run despite the speed now reading nearly stopped.
Shorter move this half hour, but still a clean onboard breadcrumb: almost no speed showing now, yet EVERYTHING ZEN has shifted nearly a mile and stays firmly in the anchors-up column instead of pretending this is a settled stop.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.747 NM from the previous accepted 18:56 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the evening Malta run.
Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on with the bow now edging west-northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps chewing down honest miles instead of pretending the evening run has gone ashore.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.784 NM from the previous accepted 18:26 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the evening Malta run.
Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 6.1 knots on with the bow still northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps banking real Malta miles instead of pretending the run has packed it in.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.778 NM from the previous accepted 17:56 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the evening Malta run.
Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on with the bow still northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps stacking real Malta miles instead of pretending the evening run is done.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.891 NM from the previous accepted 17:26 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the evening Malta run.
Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 5.9 knots on with the bow still northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps chewing down real Malta miles instead of pretending the evening run is ready to quit.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.905 NM from the previous accepted 16:56 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta run.
Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 6.1 knots on with the bow back northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN is still banking real Malta miles instead of calling the evening run finished.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.753 NM from the previous accepted 16:26 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta run.
Another clean onboard breadcrumb: 5.2 knots on with the bow back northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps laying down honest Malta miles instead of pretending the evening lap is over.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.316 NM from the previous accepted 15:56 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta run.
Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 5 knots on with the bow back to the southwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN is still making real Malta miles instead of pretending this lap is finished.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.330 NM from the previous accepted 15:26 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule lands in the dead band and preserves EVERYTHING ZEN as moving while still logging the half-hour breadcrumb.
Shorter hop this half hour, but still an honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on, bow swung southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up column instead of pretending a dead-band wiggle is a full stop.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.653 NM from the previous accepted 14:56 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on with the bow hooked northwest now, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps banking real Malta miles instead of sneaking back into harbour manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.182 NM from the previous accepted 14:26 UTC Marsamxett stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving on a late-afternoon Malta run.
Hooks up again: 6.3 knots on with the bow pointed north-northeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Valletta pocket instead of just wobbling about on harbour manners.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, ferries, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. Good for shade, a short wander, and a few errands while the boat sits still.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: coffee, shade, and just enough old stone to make the day look more cultured than it really is.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office says hot and sunny with about 34 C high and 37 C feels-like, while Open-Meteo keeps the breeze around 1 kt now, about 4 to 6 kt by midday, gusts around 14 kt, and waves around 0.16 to 0.22 m. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / CAUTION.
Heat is the loudest thing today; stay in the pocket, sip water, and save the miles for a better day.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the fortifications, the waterfront, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. If the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the heat cooks the deck.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. The onboard W2K-2 agrees: flat calm now with 0.0 kt apparent wind and 4.44 m depth. Open-Meteo shows about 1.0 kt now, about 1.8 kt by 09:00, about 4.5 kt by noon, gusts around 11 to 12 kt, and waves around 0.20 to 0.26 m. Malta Met Office still has the orange heat warning up through today. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Marsamxett is a calm enough little corner this morning: stay put, keep the lines neat, and let Valletta do the moving while the boat minds its manners.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the useful bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, ferries, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. Good for shade, a short walk, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the heat cooks the deck.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the rope department pretend it had a plan all along.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office keeps the orange heat warning up through the day, while Open-Meteo shows about 2.2 kt now, about 3.2 kt by 09:00, about 5.1 kt by noon, gusts topping out near 13.2 kt, and waves around 0.24 to 0.30 m with short 4.5 to 3.7 second periods. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Heat is the only real bite this morning: stay local, drink water, and skip any offshore heroics.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the sensible shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, ferry landings, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. If you move at all, keep it tiny and local before the heat cooks the deck.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the rope department try to act like it planned the day.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office keeps the heat advisory up, and Open-Meteo shows about 1.9 kt now, about 4.7 kt by 09:00, about 6.2 kt by noon, gusts to about 14.6 kt, and waves around 0.2 to 0.26 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Heat is the only real bite this morning: stay local, drink water, and skip any offshore heroics.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is still the useful shore run. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. If you move at all, keep it tiny and local before the heat cooks the deck.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office keeps the 36 to 37 C heat warning running through 12 August. Open-Meteo at the pocket shows about 3.8 kt now, about 6.0 kt by 09:00, about 8.3 kt by noon, gusts up to about 20.2 kt, and seas around 0.32 m easing to about 0.28 m later. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Heat is the only real bite this morning: stay local, drink water, and skip any fake offshore heroics.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. If the crew wants to move, keep it tiny and local before the sun cooks the deck.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office keeps the heat warning up through 12 August. Open-Meteo at the pocket shows about 3.6 kt now, about 2.3 kt by 09:00, about 7.6 kt at midday, about 7.4 kt by 15:00, gusts building to about 21 kt, and waves easing from about 0.52 m to about 0.42 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Heat is the only real bite; stay in the pocket, skip the offshore nonsense, and let Valletta take the day.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 own-ship AIS fix, only 0.0009 NM from the previous accepted 16:22 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped back in the Marsamxett / Marina di Valletta pocket.
Hooks down for real now: same Valletta patch of water again, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering on arrival manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.335 NM from the previous accepted 15:51 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta local run despite the speed now reading almost stopped.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: almost no speed showing now, but she has still shifted a clean mile since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up column instead of pretending this is a settled stop.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.793 NM from the previous accepted 15:21 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta local run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on, bow still tracking west-northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps banking proper Malta miles instead of settling back into harbour manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.465 NM from the previous accepted 14:51 UTC Delimara stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving out of Il-Ħofra l-Kbira on the late-afternoon Malta local run.
Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up again, 5.5 knots on with the bow stretched northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Delimara patch instead of just wobbling about on anchor manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, only 0.0055 NM from the previous accepted 08:04 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in Il-Ħofra l-Kbira / Delimara.
Hooks down for real now: same Delimara patch of water, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering on arrival manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.284 NM from the previous accepted 07:30 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta local run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: speed is down a bit now, but EVERYTHING ZEN has still shifted a clean couple of miles and stays firmly in the anchors-up column.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.252 NM from the previous accepted 06:57 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta local run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 6.6 knots on, bow stretched southeast now, and EVERYTHING ZEN is making proper local miles instead of sneaking back into harbour manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.199 NM from the previous accepted 06:28 UTC Marsamxett stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving out of the Valletta pocket.
Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 5.2 knots on, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Marsamxett patch instead of just wobbling about on harbour manners.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the sensible shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the useful bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, ferry landings, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office warns of maximum temperatures around 36 to 37 C from 8 to 12 August, while Open-Meteo keeps the breeze light at about 3.7 kt now, rising to about 5 to 6 kt later, with gusts around 8 to 15 kt and seas around 0.4 to 0.5 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Heat is the only serious bite this morning: stay local, drink water, and save the miles for another day.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 own-ship AIS fix, only 0.0011 NM from the previous accepted 16:49 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped back in the Marsamxett / Marina di Valletta pocket.
Hooks down for real now: same Valletta patch of water again, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering on arrival manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.084 NM from the previous accepted 16:19 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta local run despite the speed now reading almost stopped.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: barely any speed showing now, but she has still shifted a clean two miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up column instead of pretending this is a settled stop.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.782 NM from the previous accepted 15:35 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta local run.
Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 5.4 knots on, bow now stretched northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN is making clean evening miles instead of sneaking back into anchor manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.552 NM from the previous accepted 15:04 UTC Il-Ħofra stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving out of the Delimara anchorage.
Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 5.9 knots on, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left Il-Ħofra instead of just sheering about on anchor manners.
Anchorage intel: the stop fix at 35.83923° N, 14.56501° E puts EVERYTHING ZEN in Il-Ħofra l-Kbira, the larger of the twin bays on the east side of the Delimara peninsula, just north of St Peter's Pool and around the corner from Marsaxlokk. Anchored in 7.8 to 8.1 m over sand and weed with layered limestone cliffs close to the west. Onboard instruments read 4.5 kt apparent off the starboard bow with the bow lying about 073° magnetic. Good shelter from anything with north in it; the bay is wide open to the southeast, so a backing breeze or any swell from that quarter is the reason to leave. Anchor watch armed on the stop fix with a 65 m alarm radius.
Tucked into Il-Ħofra with cream-coloured cliffs for shade and Marsaxlokk's ship queue on the horizon. Northerlies can blow all they like; it is the southeast that would move us on.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, only 0.004 NM from the previous accepted 08:49 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the same southeast Malta patch of water.
Hooks down for real now: same patch of water, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering on arrival manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.050 NM from the previous accepted 08:19 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta local run despite the speed now reading almost stopped.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: barely any speed showing now, but she has still shifted a clean mile since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up column instead of pretending this is a settled stop.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.132 NM from the previous accepted 07:49 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Malta local run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.4 knots on, still sliding southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps banking proper local miles instead of settling back into harbour manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.858 NM from the previous accepted 07:15 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Malta local run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 6.1 knots on, bow now stretched southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN is making proper local miles instead of dithering about the harbour edge.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.508 NM from the previous accepted 06:45 UTC stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving out of the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket.
Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 4.3 knots on, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Valletta patch instead of just wobbling about on harbour manners.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, ferries, and straightforward provisioning close by. If the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the heat starts cooking the deck.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today.
Morning passage weather: fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office still carries a Heat Advisory Be Prepared (Orange) through today, while Open-Meteo keeps dawn around 4.5 kt, midday around 5.4 kt, gusts roughly 10 to 19 kt, and waves around 0.42 to 0.50 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Heat first, then the light local breeze. No offshore leg, just a calm harbour day and a small-miles attitude.
Destination / town intel: Valletta old town is the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and straightforward provisioning close by. If you move at all, keep it tiny and local.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: shade, coffee, and the rope department getting no heroic ideas.
Morning passage weather: fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows about 3 kt at dawn, building to about 6 to 7 kt by late morning with gusts around 14 to 17 kt, and marine waves around 0.2 to 0.4 m. Malta Met Office still carries a heat warning until at least Sunday 9 August. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Marsamxett is fine for coffee and a tiny harbour shuffle, but not for inventing a passage.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the useful bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and straightforward provisioning close by. If the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the sun cooks the deck.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today.
Morning passage weather: fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office current conditions still carries a heat warning until at least Sunday 9 August, while Open-Meteo keeps the pocket around 1 kt at dawn, 6 to 7 kt by afternoon, gusts staying under 19 kt, and waves around 0.16 to 0.24 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Marsamxett is calm enough for coffee, but the heat warning and the afternoon lift say keep the day local and unhurried.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, only 0.094 NM from the previous accepted 16:57 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the Marsamxett / Marina di Valletta pocket.
Hooks down for real now: same Valletta patch of water again, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering on arrival manners.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.042 NM from the previous accepted 16:27 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta southbound run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: speed has eased right back to 1.9 knots and the bow has swung round southwest, but she has still shifted a clean two miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays firmly in the anchors-up column.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.117 NM from the previous accepted 15:57 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta southbound run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 6.5 knots on, still stretching southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps banking proper Malta miles instead of easing off anywhere yet.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.150 NM from the previous accepted 15:27 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta southbound run.
Another live onboard breadcrumb: 6.2 knots on, still aiming southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps making proper Malta miles instead of pretending this leg is done yet.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.309 NM from the previous accepted 14:57 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Gozo run.
Another clean onboard breadcrumb: 6.8 knots on, still driving southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps chewing through the Gozo miles instead of settling down anywhere sensible yet.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.036 NM from the previous accepted 14:27 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Gozo run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 6.9 knots on, bow angled southeast now, and EVERYTHING ZEN is making proper Gozo miles instead of hanging about in the Ramla pocket.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.734 NM from the previous accepted 11:57 UTC stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving on the Ramla l-Hamra / Gozo run.
Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 5.6 knots on, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Ramla patch instead of just sheering about on anchor manners.
Destination / town intel: Ramla l-Hamra is Gozo's big red-sand beach, with a few cafes and a small stall tucked back from the sand. Xagħra up the hill is the useful shore run for coffee, provisions, and the walk toward Tal-Mixta Cave / Calypso Cave; Victoria is the proper island errand base if you need a bigger shop or dinner.
Ramla is the postcard stop: swim, sand, and a hill-town errand if the crew wants to pretend this is exercise.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Ramla l-Hamra / Gozo pocket. No fresh official warning was visible on the live Malta Met Office pages I checked. Open-Meteo shows about 2 kt at dawn, about 5 kt by noon, and about 8 kt by late afternoon, with gusts around 4 to 15 kt and waves around 0.12 to 0.18 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL.
Ramla is an easy Gozo morning: beach-sized only, with the red sand doing the heavy lifting and no offshore leg worth inventing.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, only 0.0076 NM from the previous accepted 07:51 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped on the north Malta / Comino-side run.
Hooks down for real now: same little patch of water, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering with commitment issues.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.376 NM from the previous accepted 07:16 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the north Malta local run.
Another live onboard breadcrumb: barely any speed showing now, but she has still shifted a proper 2.38 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays firmly in the anchors-up column instead of pretending this is a settled stop.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.736 NM from the previous accepted 06:45 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the north Malta local run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.7 knots on again, the bow has swung northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN is back to making proper Malta miles instead of loitering in the half-mile grey zone.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.530 NM from the previous accepted 06:15 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the north Malta local run.
Another clean onboard breadcrumb: barely moving on the dial now, but she has still shifted just over the half-mile line since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up column for the moment.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.974 NM from the previous accepted 05:14 UTC Little Armier stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving on the north Malta local run.
Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 2.8 knots on, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Little Armier patch instead of just wobbling about like a boat avoiding commitment.
Destination / town intel: Mellieħa is the practical shore run from Little Armier, with Għadira Bay for beach time, Cirkewwa / Paradise Bay for the ferry corner, and the hill town itself for errands, coffee, and a bite ashore. Useful local anchors are beach cafes, supermarkets, and an easy taxi back to the boat if the heat wins.
North Malta is a decent layover: beach first, hill town second, and no need to invent a passage when the island is already doing enough talking.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in Little Armier Bay / Marfa. No fresh official warning was visible on the live Met Office pages I checked. Open-Meteo keeps the pocket light at about 2.5 kt at dawn, about 5.5 kt by noon, and about 7.2 kt by mid-afternoon, with gusts only around 14.4 kt and sea height around 0.14 to 0.26 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL.
Little Armier is easy today: light breeze, tiny sea, and no need to go hunting for drama offshore.
Destination / town intel: Little Armier / Marfa is a north Malta beach pocket, with Mellieħa up the hill for the practical shore run, Għadira for beach and promenade time, and Cirkewwa / Paradise Bay as the nearby fallback. Good for cafes, supermarkets, coffee, seafood, and an easy taxi or Bolt if you want to dodge the hill.
North Malta is a decent layover: beach first, hill town second, and no need to invent a passage when the island is already doing enough talking.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in Little Armier Bay / Marfa. Malta Met Office still shows a red weather warning banner on the island forecast page, but Open-Meteo at the pocket starts around 1.8 kt with 3.5 kt gusts at dawn, 3.5 kt with 7.8 kt gusts by 09:00, and 7.8 kt with 15.0 kt gusts by noon, with 8.8 kt and 16.9 kt gusts in the afternoon. Seas sit around 0.28 to 0.36 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Little Armier is fine for breakfast and a short north-coast shuffle, but the island warning and afternoon lift say keep the big miles for another day.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, only 0.0022 NM from the previous accepted 09:58 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped at Little Armier Bay / Marfa.
Hooks down for real now: same patch of water, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled into the Little Armier stop instead of just loitering like a boat with commitment issues.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.684 NM from the previous accepted 09:25 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule still keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the moving column on the Malta local run.
Another live breadcrumb: barely any speed showing now, but she has still shifted a proper 0.68 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays anchors-up for now instead of pretending this is a settled stop.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.299 NM from the previous accepted 08:44 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Malta local run.
Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.7 knots on, bow now swinging west of northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN is still eating up the Comino-side miles without asking the harbour for permission.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.390 NM from the previous accepted 08:14 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Malta local run.
Another proper onboard breadcrumb: just over 5 knots on, bow still edging northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps the Comino-side shuffle rolling without asking Marsamxett for permission.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.359 NM from the previous accepted 07:44 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Malta local run.
Another clean onboard breadcrumb: 4.8 knots on, bow still pointing northwest, and the Malta local shuffle is carrying on without asking the coffee berth for permission.
Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.745 NM from the previous accepted Marsamxett stop fix at 07:14 UTC, so EVERYTHING ZEN is treated as properly under way again on the Malta local run.
Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 5 knots on, and the Valletta coffee berth is already astern while the boat gets back to doing boat things.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for coffee, paperwork, and a very small local move if needed; no offshore plan.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no clever passage nonsense today.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta's mariners forecast says fine under slack high pressure, and Open-Meteo shows about 2.8 kt at dawn, 5.1 kt by 09:00, 9.5 kt by noon, gusts topping out around 22.7 kt, and sea height around 0.42 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
Morning is a shore-run day, not a passage day. Keep it local and let Valletta do the heavy lifting.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, pastizzi, seafood, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for coffee and errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the warning banner gets ideas.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office still shows a red wind warning banner for strong winds; Open-Meteo at the pocket starts around 2.6 kt with 5.6 kt gusts, builds to about 6.7 kt with 16.5 kt gusts by noon, and keeps seas around 0.4 to 0.5 m. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / CAUTION.
Red banner, but the pocket itself stays mostly in coffee mode. No offshore leg; keep it local and let Valletta do the heavy lifting.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office has a red wind warning banner for the islands; the mariners forecast says cloudy with some showers at first, becoming partly cloudy, with light to moderate East Southeast winds backing light Northeast. Open-Meteo keeps the pocket around 7 kt at dawn, 9 kt by midday, and gusts up to about 24.5 kt with sea height around 0.6 to 0.8 m. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / CAUTION.
Red warning, gusts brushing the line, and no clever passage on the board. Stay in the pocket, keep any move tiny, and let Valletta do the heavy lifting.
Destination / town intel: Blue Lagoon is the scenic swim stop and Comino is mainly water and rock, so use the eco-moorings and keep clear of Posidonia. Paradise Bay is the practical west-facing fallback, with the Cirkewwa ferry terminal and wash close by, so anchor south and stay out of the fairway. Shore plan: swim, a beach-bar lunch, and Mellieħa or Bugibba as the useful land base for actual errands.
Blue Lagoon is the postcard, Paradise Bay is the grown-up backup, and the ferry terminal is the bit that likes to remind you who is boss.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office says partly cloudy with isolated morning showers and variable force 2 to 3, while Open-Meteo puts the local sea around 0.74 m with about 5.3 kt and 12.9 kt gusts at dawn; Comino / Blue Lagoon and Paradise Bay sit in the low-20s kt gust class later, so the smart move is GO EARLY / CAUTION.
Early Comino run is fine, but the late gust line and ferry wash say keep the blue-water heroics in the locker and make Paradise Bay the fallback.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is still the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta / Grand Harbour is the practical berth, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and easy provisioning close by. Good day for coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and an unhurried wander ashore rather than inventing a passage.
Valletta stays the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and let the rope department do something sensible for once.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office says mainly cloudy with isolated showers and a 31 C high, while Open-Meteo shows about 1.8 kt at 06:00, 5.2 kt by 09:00, 1.9 kt at noon, and about 5 kt by late afternoon, with gusts roughly 9-15 kt and sea height around 0.8-0.9 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION.
The pocket is workable for a shore run or tiny harbour move, but the leftover swell and patchy showers keep this squarely in local-miles territory.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the sensible shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, pastizzi, coffee, seafood, and straightforward provisioning close by. If the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the gust line kicks in.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows about 3.2 kt at dawn, about 7.8 kt by midday, and about 10.5 kt by mid-afternoon, with gusts climbing from about 12.4 kt to 25.1 kt and then 28.9 kt later; the open-water marine model runs around 1.1 to 1.3 m wave height. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / CAUTION.
The pocket is fine early, but the gust ramp and lumpy outer sea are not a passage invitation, so keep it local and boring.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and provisioning within easy reach. If the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local; no offshore plan.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: stone, coffee, and shade first, with the rope department getting no heroic ideas.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows about 6 kt at dawn, building into the 16 to 20 kt range later with gusts in the 25 to 27 kt class, while Malta's official forecast keeps the sea slight to moderate becoming moderate. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / CAUTION.
The pocket is fine early, but the gust ramp and short chop are not a passage invitation, so stay local and keep the heroics in the locker.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, ferry landings, cafes, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the heat starts cooking the deck.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and a rope department that should not confuse this with a passage day.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office flags a yellow heat advisory with a 35°C max, and Open-Meteo keeps the morning light at about 3 kt, midday around 4 to 5 kt, gusts near 12 to 14 kt, and waves easing from about 1.16 m just after midnight toward 0.7 m later. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION - only a tiny harbour shuffle or early shore run, no offshore leg.
The pocket is fine for coffee and a careful local move, but the heat and chop are the only things auditioning for trouble today.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the midday breeze fills in.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and let the afternoon wind keep its opinions to itself.
Morning passage weather: latest VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office has a heat advisory ashore for Fri 24 July, and Open-Meteo shows about 6 kt at dawn, 12 kt by 09:00, 14 kt by noon, gusts rising from about 12 kt to just over 31 kt, and wave height building from about 0.36 m to 1.0 m with a 1.16 m daily max. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY.
Breakfast window only; after that the breeze and chop get a vote, and Captain Ron is not hiring them.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the afternoon breeze fills in.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and a rope department that should not confuse this with a passage day.
Morning passage weather: VesselAPI keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. The local mariners forecast says W to NW force 3 to 4 at first, locally force 4 to 5 later, with Open-Meteo showing about 2 kt now, around 10 to 11 km/h and 25 km/h gusts by midday, and a slightly punchier sea-breeze line later. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY.
Breakfast is on, but the sea breeze gets ideas later. Captain Ron says stay put unless the crew wants a very early local shuffle before the wind turns opinionated.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, waterfront promenades, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the sun starts cooking the deck.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and a rope department that should not confuse this with a passage day.
Morning passage weather: live W2K-2 and VesselAPI keep EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office has the island heading for about 42C today, while Open-Meteo keeps the morning light at roughly 3 kt and then drives gusts to about 23 kt by noon and 26 kt by mid-afternoon, with sea height building from about 0.12 m to roughly 0.52 m. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY.
Breakfast window only. The pocket is fine early, but the heat and late gust line both want respect, so Captain Ron says stay put unless the move is tiny and very early.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, waterfront promenades, old streets, cafes, ferries, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the sun starts cooking the deck.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and a rope department that should not confuse this with a passage day.
Morning passage weather: fresh W2K-2 fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows a light morning at about 3 kt, about 4 kt by midday, and only a modest afternoon breeze with gusts around 13 kt; wave height sits around 0.24 m now and eases through the day. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY, mainly because the red heat advisory ashore is the loudest thing in the chart.
Calm pocket, hot land, no clever passage. Captain Ron says stay in the shade and let Valletta do the moving for once.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the sensible shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, Valletta Waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the rope department pretend it had a plan all along.
Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI and the onboard W2K-2 keep EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office has a red heat alert ashore; Open-Meteo shows about 5.9 kt at dawn, 11.6 kt with 23.8 kt gusts by noon, and 25.9 kt gusts by 15:00 with about 0.12-0.16 m seas. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY.
Breakfast is fine; passage is not. The pocket stays calm enough for coffee, but the afternoon breeze and heat deserve respect.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today, with the old fortifications, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, ferry landings, and easy provisioning close by. The practical pockets are Marsamxett and Grand Harbour; for food, think coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and a lazy old-town walk rather than a heroic errand list.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, stone and coffee second, and let the rope department pretend it had a plan.
Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI and the onboard W2K-2 keep EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office says fine weather, variable force 2 to 3, sea slight swell, and Open-Meteo keeps dawn around 2 kt with gusts near 6 kt, building to about 5 kt with gusts around 12 kt by midday and staying well under the 25 kt line. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY.
Breakfast window only. The pocket is calm, the sea is small, and there is no offshore passage worth the diesel.
Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, Valletta Waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning all close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the west-northwest breeze fills in.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the afternoon breeze keep its opinions to itself.
Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI and the onboard W2K-2 keep EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office says fine weather with W to NW force 3 to 4 at first, locally force 4 to 5 later, while Open-Meteo shows about 3.3 kt at 06:00, 5.6 kt by 09:00, 7.9 kt by noon, and 7.6 kt by 15:00, with gusts rising from about 8.7 kt to around 19.6 kt at midday and 19 kt later. Wave height runs about 0.10 m at dawn to roughly 0.24 m at midday. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY.
Heat is the loudest thing on deck, the sea stays small, and Captain Ron says stay put unless the crew needs a tiny harbour-side errand hop before lunch.
Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, Valletta Waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning all close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the rope department pretend it had a plan all along.
Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI and the onboard W2K-2 keep EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows about 1.9 kt at dawn, 3.1 kt by 09:00, 2.3 kt by noon, and 3.5 kt by 15:00, with gusts building from about 4 kt to roughly 22 kt later and wave height around 0.14 m now. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY.
The morning is so mild the coffee has the strongest gusts, but the afternoon sea breeze still deserves a glance before anyone gets ideas.
Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, Valletta Waterfront, old streets, cafes, the ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning all close by. Good for a walk, a coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the rope department pretend it had a plan all along.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows a light dawn breeze around 1-2 kt, building to about 4 kt by midday with gusts near 10-11 kt, while wave height eases from roughly 0.32 m at dawn to about 0.22 m later. Malta Met Office's mariners forecast keeps it fine and quiet. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY.
Light Malta morning: stay in the pocket, use the shore errands window if you need one, and do not invent a passage when the sea is already being polite.
Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office mariners forecast says misty at first, becoming fine, with NNW force 3 to 4 at first easing to NE 2 to 3; Open-Meteo at the pocket shows about 4 kt now, 16.1 kt by noon, and gusts to about 25.7 kt by mid-afternoon with 0.26-0.48 m seas. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY.
The morning is fine enough for coffee, but the afternoon gust line wants respect, so this is a stay-put day rather than a clever little passage.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 own-ship AIS fallback sampled live from `192.168.1.58:60001`; the 8-second collection window ended at 17:24 UTC and the fix sat only about 0.004 NM from the previous accepted breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket.
Fresh stop mark: same Malta pocket, no real displacement since the last breadcrumb, and the hook gets to claim this round while EVERYTHING ZEN settles back into harbour manners.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 1.41 NM, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the moving column despite the near-zero SOG on this instant fix.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: speed looks asleep for the moment, but she has still shifted a proper 1.41 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up ledger and the hook does not get to claim a victory.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 2.89 NM, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN firmly in the moving column off the Malta coast.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 6.0 knots on and she has shifted a proper 2.89 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays squarely in the anchors-up ledger and keeps chewing through Malta miles.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 2.94 NM, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN firmly in the moving column off the Malta coast.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on and she has shifted a proper 2.94 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays squarely in the anchors-up ledger and keeps chewing through Malta miles.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted stopped fix in memory and displaced about 2.15 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN back to moving off the north Malta pocket.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on and she has shifted a proper 2.15 miles since the last accepted stop, so the hook is off the job again and EVERYTHING ZEN is making honest Malta miles.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.12 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the same north Malta pocket.
Fresh stop mark: only about a tenth of a mile of shift since the last breadcrumb, so the hook has won again and EVERYTHING ZEN is back in quiet anchorage manners off north Malta.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 1.54 NM, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN firmly in the moving column off the north Malta pocket.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: speed is down to 1.5 knots now, but she has still shifted a proper 1.54 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays squarely in the anchors-up ledger.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted stopped fix and displaced about 1.68 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN back to moving off the north Malta pocket.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on and she has shifted a proper 1.68 miles since the last accepted stop, so the hook is off the job again and EVERYTHING ZEN is making honest north Malta miles.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.002 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the same north Malta pocket.
Fresh stop mark: barely a whisker of GPS shift since the last breadcrumb, so the hook has won again and EVERYTHING ZEN is back in quiet anchorage manners off north Malta.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.35 NM, which lands in Kev's dead band and therefore preserves EVERYTHING ZEN in the moving column.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: only a sniff of speed showing now, but she has still shifted about 0.35 miles since the last accepted fix, so the dead band keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the anchors-up ledger for now.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted stopped fix and displaced about 0.83 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN back to moving off the north Malta pocket.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 2.4 knots on and she has shifted a proper 0.83 miles since the last accepted stop, so the hook is off the job again and EVERYTHING ZEN is making honest north Malta miles.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.001 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the same north Malta pocket.
Fresh stop mark: only a whisker of GPS shift since the last breadcrumb, so the hook has won again and EVERYTHING ZEN is back in quiet anchorage manners off north Malta.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.42 NM, which lands in Kev's dead band and therefore preserves EVERYTHING ZEN in the moving column.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: only a sniff of speed showing now, but she has still shifted about 0.42 miles since the last fix, so the dead band keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the anchors-up ledger for now.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted fix and displaced about 1.17 NM from the last stopped coordinate, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN back to moving off the Paradise Bay / north Malta pocket.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 4.2 knots on and she has shifted a proper 1.17 miles since the last accepted stop, so the hook is off the job and EVERYTHING ZEN is making honest north Malta miles again.
Destination / town intel: Paradise Bay is the current pocket, with the Gozo ferry area, Cirkewwa, and a quick taxi into Mellieħa for cafes, groceries, and dinner. It is a decent north Malta layover if the crew wants to stay local, but exposed landings get blunt once the NW breeze fills in.
Paradise Bay is a fine place to eat breakfast, not a fine place to pretend the afternoon wind forgot how to read.
Morning passage weather: local Malta forecast for Paradise Bay shows a calm dawn but NW wind building to about 12.1 kt with 24.1 kt gusts by noon and 13.4 kt with 28.1 kt gusts by 15:00, with short 0.20-0.26 m seas. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY; there is no smart offshore passage plan today.
Breakfast window only. After that the north coast gets ideas, and Captain Ron is not paying for ideas.
Paradise Bay / north Malta pocket; live Actisense W2K-2 fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`. Apparent wind 2.59 kt at 36.1° port, vessel heading 141.1° magnetic, speed through water 0.0 kt, depth 10.2 m.
Paradise Bay is doing the civilized thing this morning: basically no way on, just enough breeze to keep the kettle from feeling lonely.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.02 NM, so Kev's distance rule now flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the same north Malta pocket.
Fresh stop mark: only a whisker of movement since the last breadcrumb, so the hook has won again and EVERYTHING ZEN is back in anchorage manners off north Malta.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 34 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 2.16 NM, so Kev's distance rule still keeps EVERYTHING ZEN firmly in the moving column despite the lower SOG.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: only 1.1 knots showing now, but she has still shifted a proper 2.16 miles since the last accepted fix, so this is still anchors-up progress rather than another lazy bay drift.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 24 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 1.21 NM, so the distance rule cleanly keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the moving column after the Mellieħa departure.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.4 knots on and she has shifted a proper 1.21 miles since the anchor-up mark, so EVERYTHING ZEN is back to making honest miles instead of fiddling about in the bay.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 53 minutes after the stopped row and displaced only about 0.02 NM, but Kev's explicit anchor-up report overrides the dead-slow drift and classifies EVERYTHING ZEN as moving again out of Mellieħa Bay.
Anchors up again off Mellieħa: only a whisker of GPS shift so far, but Kev called the move and the W2K-2 shows way on, so the hook is off the job and the boat is back in the moving column.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, displaced about 0.02 NM from the last accepted breadcrumb and overridden by Kev's explicit anchor-down report in Mellieħa Bay with 55 m of chain, so EVERYTHING ZEN is now treated as stopped/anchored.
Mellieħa stop logged proper: hook down, chain out, and the morning hop has turned into anchorage manners instead of one more fidgety drift mark.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, 29 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 2.35 NM, so the distance rule still classifies EVERYTHING ZEN as moving despite the slower SOG.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: only 2.8 knots now, but she has still shifted a proper 2.35 miles since the last fix, so the north Malta run stays firmly in the anchors-up column.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, using a fresh valid RMC sentence for EVERYTHING ZEN with materially newer coordinates and SOG above the strict movement threshold.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on west-northwest off Malta's north coast, so EVERYTHING ZEN is still making proper miles and not easing into anchorage manners yet.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, using a fresh valid RMC sentence for EVERYTHING ZEN with materially newer coordinates and SOG above the strict movement threshold.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on with the boat clear up the Malta coast, so this morning hop is properly under way and not just a harbour shimmy with ambition.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, using a fresh valid RMC sentence for EVERYTHING ZEN with materially newer coordinates and SOG above the strict movement threshold.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.7 knots on with the bow up the Malta coast, so EVERYTHING ZEN is properly stretching the morning hop and not just shuffling harbour lines.
Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, using a fresh valid RMC sentence for EVERYTHING ZEN with updated coordinates and SOG above the strict movement threshold.
Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 3.9 knots on and EVERYTHING ZEN is under way out of the Marsamxett pocket, so the Malta morning hop is no longer just pub talk.
Destination / town intel: Mellieħa Bay / Għadira gives a beach anchorage with the town up the hill, cafes and a promenade ashore, and Billy's Sports Bar & Kitchen for pints and televised sport. Use the dinghy landing and taxi or Bolt if you want to keep the hill walk optional. The bay is usable, but the NE/ENE fill later makes exposure the main watch item.
Mellieħa is the sort of stop where the pub plan is good, the anchorage is weather-dependent, and the hill is best defeated by a taxi.
Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI still pins EVERYTHING ZEN in Marsamxett / Grand Harbour. Open-Meteo in knots shows a calm dawn at about 1.2 kt with 2.3 kt gusts and 0.42 m seas, while Mellieħa Bay builds to about 13.3 kt with 26.8 kt gusts and roughly 0.44 to 0.52 m seas by midday/afternoon. Verdict: GO EARLY / CAUTION LATER for the north Malta hop, because the 25 kt line gets crossed later.
The morning window is fair, but Mellieħa Bay wants respect after lunch. Leave early or let the bay have the last word.
Destination / town intel: St Paul's Bay is Malta's long promenade-and-bays stop, with views to St Paul's Islands, the Bugibba/Qawra waterfront, the aquarium, beach spots, and easy shore errands. Good for cafes, seafood, and a walk ashore; if the boat stops there, pick the calmer pocket instead of trying to be brave on the frontage.
St Paul's Bay is the useful north Malta stop: promenade, coffee, and enough shore life to justify moving the boat without making a circus of it.
Morning passage weather: onboard W2K-2 still pins EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Grand Harbour pocket. Malta Met Office mariners forecast says south to southwesterly force 2 to 3 locally force 3 to 4 with a small sea; Open-Meteo shows about 4 kt now, 6 to 7 kt by lunch, and gusts near 20 kt at the top end with waves around 0.30-0.46 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / EARLY HOP to St Paul's Bay if the crew wants the move.
Easy Maltese morning: leave early if you are shifting north, keep the heat in mind, and do not turn a small hop into a full-blown expedition.
Destination / town intel: Marina di Valletta is the sensible berth; Valletta old town, the Upper Barrakka gardens, the waterfront promenades, the ferry landings, and nearby cafes are the useful shore-leave bits. Practical errands stay easy in the city, and seafood or a long coffee ashore fits the day better than inventing another passage.
Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth first, old stone and sea views second, and then eat something salty before the rope department tries to schedule a fake voyage.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Grand Harbour pocket. Open-Meteo at the berth shows about 3 kt now with gusts near 7 kt, building to roughly 8-14 kt with gusts around 19 kt by afternoon; waves stay around 0.24-0.36 m with short 3-4 second periods. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY.
Marsamxett is a calm enough little corner this morning: stay put, keep the lines neat, and let the city take the motion while the boat minds its manners.
Destination / town intel: Marina di Valletta is the practical berth in Grand Harbour below the historic fortifications, with berths, fuel, showers, and VHF 13 in the marina docs. Ashore, Valletta’s useful bits are the UNESCO old city walk, Upper Barrakka views over Grand Harbour, Valletta Waterfront, cafes, seafood, and easy provisioning. If the crew wants a quieter wander later, the harbor-side promenades and the old capital do the job without making a circus of it.
Valletta is the grown-up finish: berth first, old-town wander second, and then eat something salty while the rope department tries to act like it planned the whole crossing.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Malta Channel en route to Valletta. Open-Meteo at the current position shows about 1.9 kt at dawn, 7.2 kt by noon, and 9.7 kt by 15:00 with gusts 12.4-16.5 kt and dry weather; Valletta runs about 5.8 kt at dawn rising to 7.5-7.7 kt with gusts 18-19 kt and waves around 0.56-0.58 m. Malta Met Office says high pressure, fine weather, NW force 4 locally force 4-5 backing WNW and slight sea. Verdict: GO / CAUTION for the approach.
Malta is happening, but the last mile wants tidy hands: use the morning, keep the harbour turn disciplined, and do not let the gusts invent drama.
Fresh Malta arrival fix: VesselAPI provided the live coordinates and MyShipTracking matched them with speed 0.0 kt inside MARSAMXETT at 14:07 UTC, so EVERYTHING ZEN is treated as properly stopped on the Valletta finish rather than still under way.
Fresh stop mark: Marsamxett has finally got her, the lines can stop pretending to be theoretical, and the Malta leg is done without any more wake-making nonsense.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 12:53 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way south of Malta with a fresh coordinate fix and useful decimals.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4.6 knots on south of Malta, so she is still making honest way and not doing any marina-shuffle nonsense yet.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 11:40 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the Malta approach with a fresh coordinate fix south-west of Valletta.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 7.3 knots on and she is properly charging the Malta finish now, so this is still honest passage work and not berth-shuffle theatre yet.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 10:40 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the Malta finish with a fresh coordinate fix west-southwest of Valletta.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 5.2 knots on and the Malta finish is nearly in hand, but she is still making honest way and has not swapped over to berth manners yet.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 09:44 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the last Malta approach miles with a fresh coordinate fix southwest of Valletta.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on and still sliding toward Malta with purpose, so she is closing the finish honestly and has not switched over to marina manners yet.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 09:18 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the final Malta approach with a fresh coordinate fix southwest of Valletta.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 5.7 knots on and the Malta finish is close enough to smell the harbour lines, but she is still properly under way and not ready for marina manners yet.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 08:07 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the Malta approach with a fresh coordinate fix south-southeast of Valletta.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 7.3 knots on and still charging the Malta approach, so the harbour manners can wait a bit longer while she keeps eating the last miles.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 07:17 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the Malta crossing with a fresh coordinate fix closing the southeast Malta approach.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 7.1 knots on and Malta is getting properly close now, so she is still striding in with purpose rather than messing about with harbour manners.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 06:15 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the Malta crossing with a fresh coordinate fix southeast of Malta.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4.8 knots on with Malta properly looming now, so the crossing is still honest passage work and not ready for harbour manners yet.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 05:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still making clean southwesterly miles across the Malta crossing with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 6.3 knots on and still chewing down the Malta miles, so the crossing is carrying on like a proper little passage instead of a harbour dawdle.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 04:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN making proper southwesterly miles clear of the Portopalo pocket on the Malta crossing.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 6 knots on and the old anchorage is well astern, so EVERYTHING ZEN is properly striding out on the Malta leg now.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 03:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN moving again out of the same Portopalo / SE Sicily pocket with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: back up to 2.2 knots with the bow pointed north-northeast, so the hook is clearly off the job and the boat is under way again.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 23:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN effectively stopped in the same Portopalo / SE Sicily anchorage pocket after Kev's earlier anchor-down report.
Fresh VesselAPI stop mark: speed has dropped to 0.1 knots in the same Portopalo pocket, so the hook has finally won the argument and the boat is properly settled.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 22:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still just under way in the same Portopalo / SE Sicily anchorage pocket with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: back up to 0.6 knots in the same Portopalo pocket, so she stays honestly on the moving side of the line and the anchor can keep grumbling.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 18:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still moving right on the strict underway threshold in the same Portopalo / SE Sicily anchorage pocket.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: dead on the 0.4-knot line, so the hook may be sulking but she is still technically moving and earns one more honest wake mark.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 16:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still just barely under way in the same Portopalo / SE Sicily pocket with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: still scraping along at 0.6 knots in the same anchorage pocket, so she stays on the moving side of the line by the narrowest salty whisker.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 14:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still just under way south of the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: speed is down to 0.6 knots but still above the line, so she is creeping along honestly enough for one more moving mark instead of calling it a full stop.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 13:01 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way farther west-southwest after the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 3.8 knots on and the bow has fallen farther west, so she is still making honest miles and finally rounding the corner into the Malta lane.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 12:04 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way southwest of the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4 knots on and still sliding southwest, so she is keeping the miles honest with no sign of turning this into a harbour nap.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 11:43 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way southwest of the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4.4 knots on and still easing southwest, so she is keeping honest miles rolling after the corner finished throwing its little tantrum.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 11:13 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way southwest of the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4 knots on and still tracking southwest, so she has kept the miles ticking over after the corner gave its usual teeth.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 10:42 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way farther south-southwest off the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: still making 4.2 knots with the bow down the southwest lane, so she has kept moving despite the ugly nose-punch report.
Kev reports EVERYTHING ZEN is now at anchor after the Portopalo-corner bash, with 60 m of chain out and a well-deserved beer opened. Latest VesselAPI AIS reference at 13:00 UTC showed the boat near the Portopalo / SE Sicily corner; this row uses Kev's crew report for anchored status rather than waiting for AIS to settle.
Anchor down after the head-sea nonsense, sixty metres of chain earning its keep, and the beer department finally gets permission to speak.
Kev reports the wind has completely changed from about 8.5 kt on the beam to about 20 kt on the nose with big seas while heading toward the Portopalo corner. Broad model guidance at the last AIS point is undercalling the local conditions, so this is logged as a crew-observed local acceleration/cape-effect sea-state change rather than a fresh AIS fix.
Passage mood changed fast: beam breeze turned into a nose punch, seas got lumpy, and the plan now answers to comfort and sea state, not pride.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 10:17 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way south-southwest of Siracusa with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on and still tracking southwest, so the log has her moving cleanly down the line while Malta starts getting less theoretical.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 10:07 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way farther south-southwest on the next leg.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 5.5 knots on with the bow still down the southwest lane, so she is keeping the miles rolling and not giving Siracusa a second look.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 09:11 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way farther south-southwest of Siracusa on the next leg.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4.8 knots on with the bow still hooked southwest, so she is banking proper miles now and leaving Siracusa gossip in the wake.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 08:35 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN well south of Siracusa and properly under way on the next leg.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 6.3 knots on with the bow hooked south-southwest now, so she is making honest miles and not hanging about for harbour gossip.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 08:09 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way south-southeast of Siracusa with a fresh coordinate fix.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 2.8 knots on and the bow still falling off to the southeast, so this is honest passage work now, not harbour yoga.
VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 07:38 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN properly under way southeast of the old Siracusa / Porto Grande pocket.
Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: lines look truly loose now, 3.6 knots on, and the old harbour shuffle has turned back into a real morning move.
Destination / town intel: Porto Grande is the practical berth, and Ortigia is the useful shore leave. Good bits ashore are the old town walk, Piazza Duomo, the fish market, the seafront, coffee, granita, arancini, and easy errand runs. Marina, fuel, and services stay close by in the harbour pockets.
Siracusa is the grown-up stop with a postcard attached: berth first, old-town wander second, and then eat something salty before the rope department starts asking for a raise.
Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Siracusa / Porto Grande pocket. Open-Meteo shows a light dawn breeze around 3 kt with about 0.16 m seas, building to roughly 6-7 kt and 0.2-0.3 m later, with gusts near 14 kt by afternoon. No local civil-protection alert for Siracusa, and the national bulletin keeps the stronger weather elsewhere. Verdict: GO LOCAL / HOLD THE BIG MOVE.
Siracusa is easy money this morning: stay local, do the shore jobs, and do not invent a long passage just to keep the engine from getting lonely.
| Logged CEST | AIS Time | Position | SOG | COG | Area / note | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 06:22 | 2026-08-15 04:20 UTC | Licata / Marina di Cala del Sole | - | - | Destination / town intel: Licata is the practical landfall. Marina di Cala del Sole is the modern, sheltered port by Porto Sant'Angelo and the castle; ashore, the centro storico, the seafront, Liberty villas, and beaches like Cala Paradiso, Due Rocche, and Mollarella are the useful bits. Punta Bianca is the easy day trip if the crew wants cliffs and a beach walk after the crossing. | Licata is a sensible finish: tie up, stretch legs, eat Sicilian seafood, and let the rope department pretend it planned the whole thing. |
| 2026-08-15 06:20 | 2026-08-15 04:20 UTC | 36.07254° N, 14.27995° E | 5.3 kt | 344.5° | Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI fix has EVERYTHING ZEN underway north of Gozo on the Ramla-to-Licata leg. Malta Met Office current conditions still carry a temperature warning of 33 to 34 C between 14 and 18 August; Open-Meteo along the current fix, midpoint, and Licata keeps winds mostly 2 to 10 kt, gusts around 13 to 18 kt, and waves around 0.04 to 0.32 m. Verdict: GO / CAUTION. | Dawn departure looks fine enough for the offshore run; keep the calm window moving and do not waste it on dithering. |
| 2026-08-14 22:26 | 2026-08-14 20:26 UTC | 36.06608° N, 14.28242° E | 0.3 kt | 299.6° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 own-ship AIS fallback fix, only 0.0028 NM from the previous accepted 19:56 UTC position, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the Ramla l-Hamra / Gozo stop area. | Arrival mark logged: the boat has stopped shifting in any meaningful way, the speed is down to a whisper, and EVERYTHING ZEN is properly back in the anchored column off Gozo. |
| 2026-08-14 21:56 | 2026-08-14 19:56 UTC | 36.06607° N, 14.28248° E | 0.1 kt | 21.5° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.899 NM from the previous accepted 19:26 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-evening Malta run despite the speed now reading nearly stopped. | Shorter move this half hour, but still a clean onboard breadcrumb: almost no speed showing now, yet EVERYTHING ZEN has shifted nearly a mile and stays firmly in the anchors-up column instead of pretending this is a settled stop. |
| 2026-08-14 21:26 | 2026-08-14 19:26 UTC | 36.06700° N, 14.30096° E | 5.8 kt | 285.4° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.747 NM from the previous accepted 18:56 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the evening Malta run. | Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on with the bow now edging west-northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps chewing down honest miles instead of pretending the evening run has gone ashore. |
| 2026-08-14 20:56 | 2026-08-14 18:56 UTC | 36.04402° N, 14.34988° E | 6.1 kt | 303.0° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.784 NM from the previous accepted 18:26 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the evening Malta run. | Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 6.1 knots on with the bow still northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps banking real Malta miles instead of pretending the run has packed it in. |
| 2026-08-14 20:26 | 2026-08-14 18:26 UTC | 36.01416° N, 14.39374° E | 5.6 kt | 309.8° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.778 NM from the previous accepted 17:56 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the evening Malta run. | Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on with the bow still northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps stacking real Malta miles instead of pretending the evening run is done. |
| 2026-08-14 19:56 | 2026-08-14 17:56 UTC | 35.98386° N, 14.43696° E | 5.9 kt | 315.2° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.891 NM from the previous accepted 17:26 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the evening Malta run. | Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 5.9 knots on with the bow still northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps chewing down real Malta miles instead of pretending the evening run is ready to quit. |
| 2026-08-14 19:26 | 2026-08-14 17:26 UTC | 35.94903° N, 14.47805° E | 6.1 kt | 315.6° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.905 NM from the previous accepted 16:56 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta run. | Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 6.1 knots on with the bow back northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN is still banking real Malta miles instead of calling the evening run finished. |
| 2026-08-14 18:56 | 2026-08-14 16:56 UTC | 35.91185° N, 14.51628° E | 5.2 kt | 333.3° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.753 NM from the previous accepted 16:26 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta run. | Another clean onboard breadcrumb: 5.2 knots on with the bow back northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps laying down honest Malta miles instead of pretending the evening lap is over. |
| 2026-08-14 18:26 | 2026-08-14 16:26 UTC | 35.90141° N, 14.50772° E | 5.0 kt | 239.4° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.316 NM from the previous accepted 15:56 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta run. | Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 5 knots on with the bow back to the southwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN is still making real Malta miles instead of pretending this lap is finished. |
| 2026-08-14 17:56 | 2026-08-14 15:56 UTC | 35.93709° N, 14.48962° E | 5.6 kt | 130.7° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.330 NM from the previous accepted 15:26 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule lands in the dead band and preserves EVERYTHING ZEN as moving while still logging the half-hour breadcrumb. | Shorter hop this half hour, but still an honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on, bow swung southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up column instead of pretending a dead-band wiggle is a full stop. |
| 2026-08-14 17:26 | 2026-08-14 15:26 UTC | 35.94098° N, 14.48483° E | 5.6 kt | 312.7° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.653 NM from the previous accepted 14:56 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on with the bow hooked northwest now, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps banking real Malta miles instead of sneaking back into harbour manners. |
| 2026-08-14 16:56 | 2026-08-14 14:56 UTC | 35.90653° N, 14.51899° E | 6.3 kt | 16.8° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.182 NM from the previous accepted 14:26 UTC Marsamxett stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving on a late-afternoon Malta run. | Hooks up again: 6.3 knots on with the bow pointed north-northeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Valletta pocket instead of just wobbling about on harbour manners. |
| 2026-08-14 06:22 | 2026-08-14 04:20 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, ferries, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. Good for shade, a short wander, and a few errands while the boat sits still. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: coffee, shade, and just enough old stone to make the day look more cultured than it really is. |
| 2026-08-14 06:20 | 2026-08-14 04:20 UTC | 35.89555° N, 14.49882° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office says hot and sunny with about 34 C high and 37 C feels-like, while Open-Meteo keeps the breeze around 1 kt now, about 4 to 6 kt by midday, gusts around 14 kt, and waves around 0.16 to 0.22 m. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / CAUTION. | Heat is the loudest thing today; stay in the pocket, sip water, and save the miles for a better day. |
| 2026-08-13 06:22 | 2026-08-13 04:10 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the fortifications, the waterfront, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. If the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the heat cooks the deck. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today. |
| 2026-08-13 06:20 | 2026-08-13 04:10 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49883° E | 0.0 kt | - | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. The onboard W2K-2 agrees: flat calm now with 0.0 kt apparent wind and 4.44 m depth. Open-Meteo shows about 1.0 kt now, about 1.8 kt by 09:00, about 4.5 kt by noon, gusts around 11 to 12 kt, and waves around 0.20 to 0.26 m. Malta Met Office still has the orange heat warning up through today. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Marsamxett is a calm enough little corner this morning: stay put, keep the lines neat, and let Valletta do the moving while the boat minds its manners. |
| 2026-08-12 06:22 | 2026-08-12 03:51 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the useful bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, ferries, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. Good for shade, a short walk, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the heat cooks the deck. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the rope department pretend it had a plan all along. |
| 2026-08-12 06:20 | 2026-08-12 03:51 UTC | 35.89553° N, 14.49882° E | 0.0 kt | - | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office keeps the orange heat warning up through the day, while Open-Meteo shows about 2.2 kt now, about 3.2 kt by 09:00, about 5.1 kt by noon, gusts topping out near 13.2 kt, and waves around 0.24 to 0.30 m with short 4.5 to 3.7 second periods. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Heat is the only real bite this morning: stay local, drink water, and skip any offshore heroics. |
| 2026-08-11 06:22 | 2026-08-11 04:16 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the sensible shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, ferry landings, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. If you move at all, keep it tiny and local before the heat cooks the deck. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the rope department try to act like it planned the day. |
| 2026-08-11 06:20 | 2026-08-11 04:16 UTC | 35.89555° N, 14.49882° E | 0.0 kt | - | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office keeps the heat advisory up, and Open-Meteo shows about 1.9 kt now, about 4.7 kt by 09:00, about 6.2 kt by noon, gusts to about 14.6 kt, and waves around 0.2 to 0.26 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Heat is the only real bite this morning: stay local, drink water, and skip any offshore heroics. |
| 2026-08-10 06:22 | 2026-08-10 04:17 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is still the useful shore run. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. If you move at all, keep it tiny and local before the heat cooks the deck. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today. |
| 2026-08-10 06:20 | 2026-08-10 04:17 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49883° E | 0.0 kt | - | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office keeps the 36 to 37 C heat warning running through 12 August. Open-Meteo at the pocket shows about 3.8 kt now, about 6.0 kt by 09:00, about 8.3 kt by noon, gusts up to about 20.2 kt, and seas around 0.32 m easing to about 0.28 m later. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Heat is the only real bite this morning: stay local, drink water, and skip any fake offshore heroics. |
| 2026-08-09 06:22 | 2026-08-09 04:17 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. If the crew wants to move, keep it tiny and local before the sun cooks the deck. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today. |
| 2026-08-09 06:20 | 2026-08-09 04:17 UTC | 35.89555° N, 14.49881° E | 0.0 kt | - | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office keeps the heat warning up through 12 August. Open-Meteo at the pocket shows about 3.6 kt now, about 2.3 kt by 09:00, about 7.6 kt at midday, about 7.4 kt by 15:00, gusts building to about 21 kt, and waves easing from about 0.52 m to about 0.42 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Heat is the only real bite; stay in the pocket, skip the offshore nonsense, and let Valletta take the day. |
| 2026-08-08 18:51 | 2026-08-08 16:51 UTC | 35.89554° N, 14.49884° E | 0.0 kt | - | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 own-ship AIS fix, only 0.0009 NM from the previous accepted 16:22 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped back in the Marsamxett / Marina di Valletta pocket. | Hooks down for real now: same Valletta patch of water again, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering on arrival manners. |
| 2026-08-08 18:22 | 2026-08-08 16:22 UTC | 35.89552° N, 14.49884° E | 0.0 kt | 157.3° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.335 NM from the previous accepted 15:51 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta local run despite the speed now reading almost stopped. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: almost no speed showing now, but she has still shifted a clean mile since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up column instead of pretending this is a settled stop. |
| 2026-08-08 17:51 | 2026-08-08 15:51 UTC | 35.90463° N, 14.52388° E | 5.6 kt | 282.0° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.793 NM from the previous accepted 15:21 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the late-afternoon Malta local run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on, bow still tracking west-northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps banking proper Malta miles instead of settling back into harbour manners. |
| 2026-08-08 17:21 | 2026-08-08 15:21 UTC | 35.87738° N, 14.57042° E | 5.5 kt | 314.6° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.465 NM from the previous accepted 14:51 UTC Delimara stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving out of Il-Ħofra l-Kbira on the late-afternoon Malta local run. | Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up again, 5.5 knots on with the bow stretched northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Delimara patch instead of just wobbling about on anchor manners. |
| 2026-08-08 10:34 | 2026-08-08 08:34 UTC | 35.83642° N, 14.56220° E | 0.0 kt | 193.0° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, only 0.0055 NM from the previous accepted 08:04 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in Il-Ħofra l-Kbira / Delimara. | Hooks down for real now: same Delimara patch of water, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering on arrival manners. |
| 2026-08-08 10:04 | 2026-08-08 08:04 UTC | 35.83645° N, 14.56210° E | 2.8 kt | 203.9° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.284 NM from the previous accepted 07:30 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta local run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: speed is down a bit now, but EVERYTHING ZEN has still shifted a clean couple of miles and stays firmly in the anchors-up column. |
| 2026-08-08 09:30 | 2026-08-08 07:30 UTC | 35.87327° N, 14.57392° E | 6.6 kt | 138.6° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.252 NM from the previous accepted 06:57 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta local run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 6.6 knots on, bow stretched southeast now, and EVERYTHING ZEN is making proper local miles instead of sneaking back into harbour manners. |
| 2026-08-08 08:57 | 2026-08-08 06:57 UTC | 35.90550° N, 14.52019° E | 5.2 kt | 68.0° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.199 NM from the previous accepted 06:28 UTC Marsamxett stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving out of the Valletta pocket. | Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 5.2 knots on, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Marsamxett patch instead of just wobbling about on harbour manners. |
| 2026-08-08 06:22 | 2026-08-08 04:16 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the sensible shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the useful bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, ferry landings, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and easy provisioning close by. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today. |
| 2026-08-08 06:20 | 2026-08-08 04:16 UTC | 35.89552° N, 14.49883° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office warns of maximum temperatures around 36 to 37 C from 8 to 12 August, while Open-Meteo keeps the breeze light at about 3.7 kt now, rising to about 5 to 6 kt later, with gusts around 8 to 15 kt and seas around 0.4 to 0.5 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Heat is the only serious bite this morning: stay local, drink water, and save the miles for another day. |
| 2026-08-07 19:19 | 2026-08-07 17:19 UTC | 35.89552° N, 14.49883° E | 0.1 kt | - | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 own-ship AIS fix, only 0.0011 NM from the previous accepted 16:49 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped back in the Marsamxett / Marina di Valletta pocket. | Hooks down for real now: same Valletta patch of water again, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering on arrival manners. |
| 2026-08-07 18:49 | 2026-08-07 16:49 UTC | 35.89551° N, 14.49884° E | 0.4 kt | 96.8° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.084 NM from the previous accepted 16:19 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta local run despite the speed now reading almost stopped. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: barely any speed showing now, but she has still shifted a clean two miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up column instead of pretending this is a settled stop. |
| 2026-08-07 18:19 | 2026-08-07 16:19 UTC | 35.89928° N, 14.54143° E | 5.4 kt | 310.5° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.782 NM from the previous accepted 15:35 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta local run. | Another proper onboard breadcrumb: 5.4 knots on, bow now stretched northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN is making clean evening miles instead of sneaking back into anchor manners. |
| 2026-08-07 17:35 | 2026-08-07 15:35 UTC | 35.84272° N, 14.57567° E | 5.9 kt | 17.8° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.552 NM from the previous accepted 15:04 UTC Il-Ħofra stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving out of the Delimara anchorage. | Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 5.9 knots on, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left Il-Ħofra instead of just sheering about on anchor manners. |
| 2026-08-07 11:42 | 2026-08-07 09:42 UTC | Il-Ħofra l-Kbira, Delimara | - | - | Anchorage intel: the stop fix at 35.83923° N, 14.56501° E puts EVERYTHING ZEN in Il-Ħofra l-Kbira, the larger of the twin bays on the east side of the Delimara peninsula, just north of St Peter's Pool and around the corner from Marsaxlokk. Anchored in 7.8 to 8.1 m over sand and weed with layered limestone cliffs close to the west. Onboard instruments read 4.5 kt apparent off the starboard bow with the bow lying about 073° magnetic. Good shelter from anything with north in it; the bay is wide open to the southeast, so a backing breeze or any swell from that quarter is the reason to leave. Anchor watch armed on the stop fix with a 65 m alarm radius. | Tucked into Il-Ħofra with cream-coloured cliffs for shade and Marsaxlokk's ship queue on the horizon. Northerlies can blow all they like; it is the southeast that would move us on. |
| 2026-08-07 11:22 | 2026-08-07 09:22 UTC | 35.83922° N, 14.56500° E | 0.1 kt | 344.5° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, only 0.004 NM from the previous accepted 08:49 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the same southeast Malta patch of water. | Hooks down for real now: same patch of water, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering on arrival manners. |
| 2026-08-07 10:49 | 2026-08-07 08:49 UTC | 35.83919° N, 14.56508° E | 0.2 kt | 77.2° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.050 NM from the previous accepted 08:19 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta local run despite the speed now reading almost stopped. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: barely any speed showing now, but she has still shifted a clean mile since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up column instead of pretending this is a settled stop. |
| 2026-08-07 10:19 | 2026-08-07 08:19 UTC | 35.85249° N, 14.57909° E | 5.4 kt | 147.2° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.132 NM from the previous accepted 07:49 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Malta local run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.4 knots on, still sliding southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps banking proper local miles instead of settling back into harbour manners. |
| 2026-08-07 09:49 | 2026-08-07 07:49 UTC | 35.88547° N, 14.56287° E | 6.1 kt | 140.1° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.858 NM from the previous accepted 07:15 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Malta local run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 6.1 knots on, bow now stretched southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN is making proper local miles instead of dithering about the harbour edge. |
| 2026-08-07 09:15 | 2026-08-07 07:15 UTC | 35.90062° N, 14.50717° E | 4.3 kt | 58.2° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.508 NM from the previous accepted 06:45 UTC stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving out of the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. | Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 4.3 knots on, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Valletta patch instead of just wobbling about on harbour manners. |
| 2026-08-07 06:22 | 2026-08-07 04:20 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, ferries, and straightforward provisioning close by. If the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the heat starts cooking the deck. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today. |
| 2026-08-07 06:20 | 2026-08-07 04:20 UTC | 35.89555° N, 14.49881° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office still carries a Heat Advisory Be Prepared (Orange) through today, while Open-Meteo keeps dawn around 4.5 kt, midday around 5.4 kt, gusts roughly 10 to 19 kt, and waves around 0.42 to 0.50 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Heat first, then the light local breeze. No offshore leg, just a calm harbour day and a small-miles attitude. |
| 2026-08-06 06:20 | 2026-08-06 04:20 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta old town is the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the practical bits, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and straightforward provisioning close by. If you move at all, keep it tiny and local. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: shade, coffee, and the rope department getting no heroic ideas. |
| 2026-08-06 06:20 | 2026-08-06 04:20 UTC | 35.89553° N, 14.49882° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows about 3 kt at dawn, building to about 6 to 7 kt by late morning with gusts around 14 to 17 kt, and marine waves around 0.2 to 0.4 m. Malta Met Office still carries a heat warning until at least Sunday 9 August. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Marsamxett is fine for coffee and a tiny harbour shuffle, but not for inventing a passage. |
| 2026-08-05 06:22 | 2026-08-05 03:57 UTC | Marsamxett / Valletta | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marina di Valletta and Grand Harbour are the useful bits, with the old city, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, cafes, coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and straightforward provisioning close by. If the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the sun cooks the deck. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today. |
| 2026-08-05 06:20 | 2026-08-05 03:57 UTC | 35.89554° N, 14.49883° E | 0.0 kt | - | Morning passage weather: fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office current conditions still carries a heat warning until at least Sunday 9 August, while Open-Meteo keeps the pocket around 1 kt at dawn, 6 to 7 kt by afternoon, gusts staying under 19 kt, and waves around 0.16 to 0.24 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Marsamxett is calm enough for coffee, but the heat warning and the afternoon lift say keep the day local and unhurried. |
| 2026-08-04 19:27 | 2026-08-04 17:27 UTC | 35.89553° N, 14.49880° E | 0.0 kt | 297.4° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, only 0.094 NM from the previous accepted 16:57 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the Marsamxett / Marina di Valletta pocket. | Hooks down for real now: same Valletta patch of water again, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering on arrival manners. |
| 2026-08-04 18:57 | 2026-08-04 16:57 UTC | 35.89635° N, 14.50045° E | 1.9 kt | 247.1° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.042 NM from the previous accepted 16:27 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta southbound run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: speed has eased right back to 1.9 knots and the bow has swung round southwest, but she has still shifted a clean two miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays firmly in the anchors-up column. |
| 2026-08-04 18:27 | 2026-08-04 16:27 UTC | 35.93030° N, 14.49804° E | 6.5 kt | 138.5° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.117 NM from the previous accepted 15:57 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta southbound run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 6.5 knots on, still stretching southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps banking proper Malta miles instead of easing off anywhere yet. |
| 2026-08-04 17:57 | 2026-08-04 15:57 UTC | 35.96336° N, 14.44859° E | 6.2 kt | 131.1° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.150 NM from the previous accepted 15:27 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the Malta southbound run. | Another live onboard breadcrumb: 6.2 knots on, still aiming southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps making proper Malta miles instead of pretending this leg is done yet. |
| 2026-08-04 17:27 | 2026-08-04 15:27 UTC | 35.99779° N, 14.39967° E | 6.8 kt | 132.0° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.309 NM from the previous accepted 14:57 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Gozo run. | Another clean onboard breadcrumb: 6.8 knots on, still driving southeast, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps chewing through the Gozo miles instead of settling down anywhere sensible yet. |
| 2026-08-04 16:57 | 2026-08-04 14:57 UTC | 36.03495° N, 14.34936° E | 6.9 kt | 131.7° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.036 NM from the previous accepted 14:27 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Gozo run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 6.9 knots on, bow angled southeast now, and EVERYTHING ZEN is making proper Gozo miles instead of hanging about in the Ramla pocket. |
| 2026-08-04 16:27 | 2026-08-04 14:27 UTC | 36.06560° N, 14.29962° E | 5.6 kt | 108.9° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.734 NM from the previous accepted 11:57 UTC stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving on the Ramla l-Hamra / Gozo run. | Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 5.6 knots on, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Ramla patch instead of just sheering about on anchor manners. |
| 2026-08-04 06:22 | 2026-08-04 04:13 UTC | Ramla l-Hamra / Xagħra | - | - | Destination / town intel: Ramla l-Hamra is Gozo's big red-sand beach, with a few cafes and a small stall tucked back from the sand. Xagħra up the hill is the useful shore run for coffee, provisions, and the walk toward Tal-Mixta Cave / Calypso Cave; Victoria is the proper island errand base if you need a bigger shop or dinner. | Ramla is the postcard stop: swim, sand, and a hill-town errand if the crew wants to pretend this is exercise. |
| 2026-08-04 06:20 | 2026-08-04 04:13 UTC | 36.06439° N, 14.28493° E | 0.2 kt | - | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Ramla l-Hamra / Gozo pocket. No fresh official warning was visible on the live Malta Met Office pages I checked. Open-Meteo shows about 2 kt at dawn, about 5 kt by noon, and about 8 kt by late afternoon, with gusts around 4 to 15 kt and waves around 0.12 to 0.18 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL. | Ramla is an easy Gozo morning: beach-sized only, with the red sand doing the heavy lifting and no offshore leg worth inventing. |
| 2026-08-03 10:21 | 2026-08-03 08:21 UTC | 36.06396° N, 14.28505° E | 0.1 kt | 351.6° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, only 0.0076 NM from the previous accepted 07:51 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped on the north Malta / Comino-side run. | Hooks down for real now: same little patch of water, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled instead of just loitering with commitment issues. |
| 2026-08-03 09:51 | 2026-08-03 07:51 UTC | 36.06388° N, 14.28491° E | 0.3 kt | 165.8° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.376 NM from the previous accepted 07:16 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the north Malta local run. | Another live onboard breadcrumb: barely any speed showing now, but she has still shifted a proper 2.38 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays firmly in the anchors-up column instead of pretending this is a settled stop. |
| 2026-08-03 09:16 | 2026-08-03 07:16 UTC | 36.04745° N, 14.32945° E | 5.7 kt | 325.7° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.736 NM from the previous accepted 06:45 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the north Malta local run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.7 knots on again, the bow has swung northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN is back to making proper Malta miles instead of loitering in the half-mile grey zone. |
| 2026-08-03 08:45 | 2026-08-03 06:45 UTC | 36.01854° N, 14.33021° E | 0.3 kt | 17.4° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.530 NM from the previous accepted 06:15 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN classified as moving on the north Malta local run. | Another clean onboard breadcrumb: barely moving on the dial now, but she has still shifted just over the half-mile line since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up column for the moment. |
| 2026-08-03 08:15 | 2026-08-03 06:15 UTC | 36.01126° N, 14.32405° E | 2.8 kt | 27.3° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.974 NM from the previous accepted 05:14 UTC Little Armier stop fix, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from stopped to moving on the north Malta local run. | Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 2.8 knots on, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly left the Little Armier patch instead of just wobbling about like a boat avoiding commitment. |
| 2026-08-03 06:20 | 2026-08-03 04:20 UTC | Mellieħa / Għadira / Cirkewwa | - | - | Destination / town intel: Mellieħa is the practical shore run from Little Armier, with Għadira Bay for beach time, Cirkewwa / Paradise Bay for the ferry corner, and the hill town itself for errands, coffee, and a bite ashore. Useful local anchors are beach cafes, supermarkets, and an easy taxi back to the boat if the heat wins. | North Malta is a decent layover: beach first, hill town second, and no need to invent a passage when the island is already doing enough talking. |
| 2026-08-03 06:20 | 2026-08-03 04:20 UTC | 35.99264° N, 14.35760° E | 0.1 kt | 284.5° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in Little Armier Bay / Marfa. No fresh official warning was visible on the live Met Office pages I checked. Open-Meteo keeps the pocket light at about 2.5 kt at dawn, about 5.5 kt by noon, and about 7.2 kt by mid-afternoon, with gusts only around 14.4 kt and sea height around 0.14 to 0.26 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL. | Little Armier is easy today: light breeze, tiny sea, and no need to go hunting for drama offshore. |
| 2026-08-02 06:22 | 2026-08-02 04:14 UTC | Mellieħa / Għadira / Cirkewwa | - | - | Destination / town intel: Little Armier / Marfa is a north Malta beach pocket, with Mellieħa up the hill for the practical shore run, Għadira for beach and promenade time, and Cirkewwa / Paradise Bay as the nearby fallback. Good for cafes, supermarkets, coffee, seafood, and an easy taxi or Bolt if you want to dodge the hill. | North Malta is a decent layover: beach first, hill town second, and no need to invent a passage when the island is already doing enough talking. |
| 2026-08-02 06:20 | 2026-08-02 04:14 UTC | 35.99266° N, 14.35740° E | 0.1 kt | 284.5° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in Little Armier Bay / Marfa. Malta Met Office still shows a red weather warning banner on the island forecast page, but Open-Meteo at the pocket starts around 1.8 kt with 3.5 kt gusts at dawn, 3.5 kt with 7.8 kt gusts by 09:00, and 7.8 kt with 15.0 kt gusts by noon, with 8.8 kt and 16.9 kt gusts in the afternoon. Seas sit around 0.28 to 0.36 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Little Armier is fine for breakfast and a short north-coast shuffle, but the island warning and afternoon lift say keep the big miles for another day. |
| 2026-08-01 12:28 | 2026-08-01 10:28 UTC | 35.99243° N, 14.35718° E | 0.0 kt | 2.7° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, only 0.0022 NM from the previous accepted 09:58 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped at Little Armier Bay / Marfa. | Hooks down for real now: same patch of water, no meaningful movement left in her, and EVERYTHING ZEN has properly settled into the Little Armier stop instead of just loitering like a boat with commitment issues. |
| 2026-08-01 11:58 | 2026-08-01 09:58 UTC | 35.99243° N, 14.35713° E | 0.1 kt | 284.5° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 0.684 NM from the previous accepted 09:25 UTC breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule still keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the moving column on the Malta local run. | Another live breadcrumb: barely any speed showing now, but she has still shifted a proper 0.68 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays anchors-up for now instead of pretending this is a settled stop. |
| 2026-08-01 11:25 | 2026-08-01 09:25 UTC | 36.00006° N, 14.36758° E | 5.7 kt | 276.9° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 3.299 NM from the previous accepted 08:44 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Malta local run. | Another honest onboard breadcrumb: 5.7 knots on, bow now swinging west of northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN is still eating up the Comino-side miles without asking the harbour for permission. |
| 2026-08-01 10:44 | 2026-08-01 08:44 UTC | 35.97453° N, 14.42772° E | 5.1 kt | 296° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.390 NM from the previous accepted 08:14 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Malta local run. | Another proper onboard breadcrumb: just over 5 knots on, bow still edging northwest, and EVERYTHING ZEN keeps the Comino-side shuffle rolling without asking Marsamxett for permission. |
| 2026-08-01 10:14 | 2026-08-01 08:14 UTC | 35.95117° N, 14.46754° E | 4.8 kt | 307° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 2.359 NM from the previous accepted 07:44 UTC breadcrumb, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays classified as moving on the Malta local run. | Another clean onboard breadcrumb: 4.8 knots on, bow still pointing northwest, and the Malta local shuffle is carrying on without asking the coffee berth for permission. |
| 2026-08-01 07:44 | 2026-08-01 07:44 UTC | 35.92531° N, 14.50407° E | 5.1 kt | 314° | Fresh onboard Actisense W2K-2 chartplotter fix, 1.745 NM from the previous accepted Marsamxett stop fix at 07:14 UTC, so EVERYTHING ZEN is treated as properly under way again on the Malta local run. | Fresh onboard breadcrumb: hooks up, 5 knots on, and the Valletta coffee berth is already astern while the boat gets back to doing boat things. |
| 2026-08-01 06:20 | 2026-08-01 04:13 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for coffee, paperwork, and a very small local move if needed; no offshore plan. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no clever passage nonsense today. |
| 2026-08-01 06:20 | 2026-08-01 04:13 UTC | 35.89554° N, 14.49881° E | 0.1 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta's mariners forecast says fine under slack high pressure, and Open-Meteo shows about 2.8 kt at dawn, 5.1 kt by 09:00, 9.5 kt by noon, gusts topping out around 22.7 kt, and sea height around 0.42 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | Morning is a shore-run day, not a passage day. Keep it local and let Valletta do the heavy lifting. |
| 2026-07-31 06:20 | 2026-07-31 04:20 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, pastizzi, seafood, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for coffee and errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the warning banner gets ideas. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today. |
| 2026-07-31 06:20 | 2026-07-31 04:20 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49881° E | 0.1 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office still shows a red wind warning banner for strong winds; Open-Meteo at the pocket starts around 2.6 kt with 5.6 kt gusts, builds to about 6.7 kt with 16.5 kt gusts by noon, and keeps seas around 0.4 to 0.5 m. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / CAUTION. | Red banner, but the pocket itself stays mostly in coffee mode. No offshore leg; keep it local and let Valletta do the heavy lifting. |
| 2026-07-30 06:20 | 2026-07-30 04:20 UTC | 35.89555° N, 14.49881° E | 0.1 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office has a red wind warning banner for the islands; the mariners forecast says cloudy with some showers at first, becoming partly cloudy, with light to moderate East Southeast winds backing light Northeast. Open-Meteo keeps the pocket around 7 kt at dawn, 9 kt by midday, and gusts up to about 24.5 kt with sea height around 0.6 to 0.8 m. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / CAUTION. | Red warning, gusts brushing the line, and no clever passage on the board. Stay in the pocket, keep any move tiny, and let Valletta do the heavy lifting. |
| 2026-07-29 06:20 | 2026-07-29 04:20 UTC | Blue Lagoon / Comino, Paradise Bay | - | - | Destination / town intel: Blue Lagoon is the scenic swim stop and Comino is mainly water and rock, so use the eco-moorings and keep clear of Posidonia. Paradise Bay is the practical west-facing fallback, with the Cirkewwa ferry terminal and wash close by, so anchor south and stay out of the fairway. Shore plan: swim, a beach-bar lunch, and Mellieħa or Bugibba as the useful land base for actual errands. | Blue Lagoon is the postcard, Paradise Bay is the grown-up backup, and the ferry terminal is the bit that likes to remind you who is boss. |
| 2026-07-29 06:20 | 2026-07-29 04:20 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49884° E | 0.1 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office says partly cloudy with isolated morning showers and variable force 2 to 3, while Open-Meteo puts the local sea around 0.74 m with about 5.3 kt and 12.9 kt gusts at dawn; Comino / Blue Lagoon and Paradise Bay sit in the low-20s kt gust class later, so the smart move is GO EARLY / CAUTION. | Early Comino run is fine, but the late gust line and ferry wash say keep the blue-water heroics in the locker and make Paradise Bay the fallback. |
| 2026-07-28 06:20 | 2026-07-28 04:18 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is still the useful shore run today. Marina di Valletta / Grand Harbour is the practical berth, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and easy provisioning close by. Good day for coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and an unhurried wander ashore rather than inventing a passage. | Valletta stays the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and let the rope department do something sensible for once. |
| 2026-07-28 06:20 | 2026-07-28 04:18 UTC | 35.89555° N, 14.49882° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office says mainly cloudy with isolated showers and a 31 C high, while Open-Meteo shows about 1.8 kt at 06:00, 5.2 kt by 09:00, 1.9 kt at noon, and about 5 kt by late afternoon, with gusts roughly 9-15 kt and sea height around 0.8-0.9 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION. | The pocket is workable for a shore run or tiny harbour move, but the leftover swell and patchy showers keep this squarely in local-miles territory. |
| 2026-07-27 06:20 | 2026-07-27 03:57 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the sensible shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, pastizzi, coffee, seafood, and straightforward provisioning close by. If the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the gust line kicks in. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and no offshore nonsense today. |
| 2026-07-27 06:20 | 2026-07-27 03:57 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49884° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows about 3.2 kt at dawn, about 7.8 kt by midday, and about 10.5 kt by mid-afternoon, with gusts climbing from about 12.4 kt to 25.1 kt and then 28.9 kt later; the open-water marine model runs around 1.1 to 1.3 m wave height. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / CAUTION. | The pocket is fine early, but the gust ramp and lumpy outer sea are not a passage invitation, so keep it local and boring. |
| 2026-07-26 06:20 | 2026-07-26 04:09 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and provisioning within easy reach. If the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local; no offshore plan. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: stone, coffee, and shade first, with the rope department getting no heroic ideas. |
| 2026-07-26 06:20 | 2026-07-26 04:09 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49883° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows about 6 kt at dawn, building into the 16 to 20 kt range later with gusts in the 25 to 27 kt class, while Malta's official forecast keeps the sea slight to moderate becoming moderate. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / CAUTION. | The pocket is fine early, but the gust ramp and short chop are not a passage invitation, so stay local and keep the heroics in the locker. |
| 2026-07-25 06:20 | 2026-07-25 04:03 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, ferry landings, cafes, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the heat starts cooking the deck. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and a rope department that should not confuse this with a passage day. |
| 2026-07-25 06:20 | 2026-07-25 04:03 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49882° E | 0.1 kt | 0° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office flags a yellow heat advisory with a 35°C max, and Open-Meteo keeps the morning light at about 3 kt, midday around 4 to 5 kt, gusts near 12 to 14 kt, and waves easing from about 1.16 m just after midnight toward 0.7 m later. Verdict: GO LOCAL / CAUTION - only a tiny harbour shuffle or early shore run, no offshore leg. | The pocket is fine for coffee and a careful local move, but the heat and chop are the only things auditioning for trouble today. |
| 2026-07-24 06:20 | 2026-07-24 04:20 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the midday breeze fills in. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and let the afternoon wind keep its opinions to itself. |
| 2026-07-24 06:20 | 2026-07-24 04:20 UTC | Marsamxett / Valletta pocket | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: latest VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office has a heat advisory ashore for Fri 24 July, and Open-Meteo shows about 6 kt at dawn, 12 kt by 09:00, 14 kt by noon, gusts rising from about 12 kt to just over 31 kt, and wave height building from about 0.36 m to 1.0 m with a 1.16 m daily max. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY. | Breakfast window only; after that the breeze and chop get a vote, and Captain Ron is not hiring them. |
| 2026-07-23 06:20 | 2026-07-23 04:20 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the afternoon breeze fills in. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and a rope department that should not confuse this with a passage day. |
| 2026-07-23 06:20 | 2026-07-23 04:20 UTC | 35.89557° N, 14.49882° E | 0.0 kt | - | Morning passage weather: VesselAPI keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. The local mariners forecast says W to NW force 3 to 4 at first, locally force 4 to 5 later, with Open-Meteo showing about 2 kt now, around 10 to 11 km/h and 25 km/h gusts by midday, and a slightly punchier sea-breeze line later. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY. | Breakfast is on, but the sea breeze gets ideas later. Captain Ron says stay put unless the crew wants a very early local shuffle before the wind turns opinionated. |
| 2026-07-22 06:20 | 2026-07-22 04:20 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, waterfront promenades, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the sun starts cooking the deck. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and a rope department that should not confuse this with a passage day. |
| 2026-07-22 06:20 | 2026-07-22 04:20 UTC | 35.8955717° N, 14.4988217° E | 0.0 kt | - | Morning passage weather: live W2K-2 and VesselAPI keep EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office has the island heading for about 42C today, while Open-Meteo keeps the morning light at roughly 3 kt and then drives gusts to about 23 kt by noon and 26 kt by mid-afternoon, with sea height building from about 0.12 m to roughly 0.52 m. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY. | Breakfast window only. The pocket is fine early, but the heat and late gust line both want respect, so Captain Ron says stay put unless the move is tiny and very early. |
| 2026-07-21 06:20 | 2026-07-21 04:20 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, waterfront promenades, old streets, cafes, ferries, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the sun starts cooking the deck. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: old stone, coffee, shade, and a rope department that should not confuse this with a passage day. |
| 2026-07-21 06:20 | 2026-07-21 04:20 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49881° E | 0.0 kt | 98° | Morning passage weather: fresh W2K-2 fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN parked in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows a light morning at about 3 kt, about 4 kt by midday, and only a modest afternoon breeze with gusts around 13 kt; wave height sits around 0.24 m now and eases through the day. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY, mainly because the red heat advisory ashore is the loudest thing in the chart. | Calm pocket, hot land, no clever passage. Captain Ron says stay in the shade and let Valletta do the moving for once. |
| 2026-07-20 06:22 | 2026-07-20 04:02 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the sensible shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, Valletta Waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the rope department pretend it had a plan all along. |
| 2026-07-20 06:20 | 2026-07-20 04:02 UTC | 35.89554° N, 14.49882° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI and the onboard W2K-2 keep EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office has a red heat alert ashore; Open-Meteo shows about 5.9 kt at dawn, 11.6 kt with 23.8 kt gusts by noon, and 25.9 kt gusts by 15:00 with about 0.12-0.16 m seas. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY. | Breakfast is fine; passage is not. The pocket stays calm enough for coffee, but the afternoon breeze and heat deserve respect. |
| 2026-07-19 06:22 | Destination / town intel | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the useful shore run today, with the old fortifications, Upper Barrakka views, the waterfront, ferry landings, and easy provisioning close by. The practical pockets are Marsamxett and Grand Harbour; for food, think coffee, pastizzi, seafood, and a lazy old-town walk rather than a heroic errand list. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, stone and coffee second, and let the rope department pretend it had a plan. |
| 2026-07-19 06:20 | Morning passage weather | 35.89555° N, 14.49884° E | 0.0 kt | - | Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI and the onboard W2K-2 keep EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office says fine weather, variable force 2 to 3, sea slight swell, and Open-Meteo keeps dawn around 2 kt with gusts near 6 kt, building to about 5 kt with gusts around 12 kt by midday and staying well under the 25 kt line. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY. | Breakfast window only. The pocket is calm, the sea is small, and there is no offshore passage worth the diesel. |
| 2026-07-18 06:20 | Destination / town intel | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, Valletta Waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning all close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local before the west-northwest breeze fills in. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the afternoon breeze keep its opinions to itself. |
| 2026-07-18 06:20 | Morning passage weather | 35.89554° N, 14.49881° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI and the onboard W2K-2 keep EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office says fine weather with W to NW force 3 to 4 at first, locally force 4 to 5 later, while Open-Meteo shows about 3.3 kt at 06:00, 5.6 kt by 09:00, 7.9 kt by noon, and 7.6 kt by 15:00, with gusts rising from about 8.7 kt to around 19.6 kt at midday and 19 kt later. Wave height runs about 0.10 m at dawn to roughly 0.24 m at midday. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY. | Heat is the loudest thing on deck, the sea stays small, and Captain Ron says stay put unless the crew needs a tiny harbour-side errand hop before lunch. |
| 2026-07-17 06:22 | Destination / town intel | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, Valletta Waterfront, old streets, cafes, ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning all close by. Good for a walk, coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the rope department pretend it had a plan all along. |
| 2026-07-17 06:22 | Morning passage weather | 35.89552° N, 14.49881° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI and the onboard W2K-2 keep EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows about 1.9 kt at dawn, 3.1 kt by 09:00, 2.3 kt by noon, and 3.5 kt by 15:00, with gusts building from about 4 kt to roughly 22 kt later and wave height around 0.14 m now. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY. | The morning is so mild the coffee has the strongest gusts, but the afternoon sea breeze still deserves a glance before anyone gets ideas. |
| 2026-07-16 06:22 | 2026-07-16 04:18 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Valletta is the practical shore run today. Marsamxett and Grand Harbour give easy harbour access, with the Upper Barrakka views, Valletta Waterfront, old streets, cafes, the ferry landings, and straightforward provisioning all close by. Good for a walk, a coffee, and a few useful errands; if the crew wants a berth move, keep it tiny and local. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth or anchor first, old stone and coffee second, and then let the rope department pretend it had a plan all along. |
| 2026-07-16 06:20 | 2026-07-16 04:18 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49883° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Open-Meteo shows a light dawn breeze around 1-2 kt, building to about 4 kt by midday with gusts near 10-11 kt, while wave height eases from roughly 0.32 m at dawn to about 0.22 m later. Malta Met Office's mariners forecast keeps it fine and quiet. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY. | Light Malta morning: stay in the pocket, use the shore errands window if you need one, and do not invent a passage when the sea is already being polite. |
| 2026-07-15 06:20 | 2026-07-15 03:46 UTC | 35.89555° N, 14.49882° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. Malta Met Office mariners forecast says misty at first, becoming fine, with NNW force 3 to 4 at first easing to NE 2 to 3; Open-Meteo at the pocket shows about 4 kt now, 16.1 kt by noon, and gusts to about 25.7 kt by mid-afternoon with 0.26-0.48 m seas. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY. | The morning is fine enough for coffee, but the afternoon gust line wants respect, so this is a stay-put day rather than a clever little passage. |
| 2026-07-14 19:24 | 2026-07-14 17:24 UTC | 35.8955650° N, 14.4988117° E | 0.0 kt | - | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 own-ship AIS fallback sampled live from `192.168.1.58:60001`; the 8-second collection window ended at 17:24 UTC and the fix sat only about 0.004 NM from the previous accepted breadcrumb, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the Marsamxett / Valletta pocket. | Fresh stop mark: same Malta pocket, no real displacement since the last breadcrumb, and the hook gets to claim this round while EVERYTHING ZEN settles back into harbour manners. |
| 2026-07-14 18:54 | 2026-07-14 16:54 UTC | 35.8955217° N, 14.4988683° E | 0.1 kt | 1.6° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 1.41 NM, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the moving column despite the near-zero SOG on this instant fix. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: speed looks asleep for the moment, but she has still shifted a proper 1.41 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays in the anchors-up ledger and the hook does not get to claim a victory. |
| 2026-07-14 18:24 | 2026-07-14 16:24 UTC | 35.9161583° N, 14.5127200° E | 6.0 kt | 143.4° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 2.89 NM, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN firmly in the moving column off the Malta coast. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 6.0 knots on and she has shifted a proper 2.89 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays squarely in the anchors-up ledger and keeps chewing through Malta miles. |
| 2026-07-14 17:54 | 2026-07-14 15:54 UTC | 35.9458433° N, 14.4659067° E | 5.8 kt | 117.9° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 2.94 NM, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN firmly in the moving column off the Malta coast. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on and she has shifted a proper 2.94 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays squarely in the anchors-up ledger and keeps chewing through Malta miles. |
| 2026-07-14 17:24 | 2026-07-14 15:24 UTC | 35.9685100° N, 14.4123350° E | 5.8 kt | 112.3° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted stopped fix in memory and displaced about 2.15 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN back to moving off the north Malta pocket. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on and she has shifted a proper 2.15 miles since the last accepted stop, so the hook is off the job again and EVERYTHING ZEN is making honest Malta miles. |
| 2026-07-14 16:24 | 2026-07-14 14:24 UTC | 35.9789367° N, 14.3609050° E | 0.4 kt | 302.1° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.12 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the same north Malta pocket. | Fresh stop mark: only about a tenth of a mile of shift since the last breadcrumb, so the hook has won again and EVERYTHING ZEN is back in quiet anchorage manners off north Malta. |
| 2026-07-14 15:54 | 2026-07-14 13:54 UTC | 35.9787417° N, 14.3633300° E | 1.5 kt | 277.6° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 1.54 NM, so Kev's distance rule keeps EVERYTHING ZEN firmly in the moving column off the north Malta pocket. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: speed is down to 1.5 knots now, but she has still shifted a proper 1.54 miles since the last accepted fix, so EVERYTHING ZEN stays squarely in the anchors-up ledger. |
| 2026-07-14 15:23 | 2026-07-14 13:23 UTC | 36.0041267° N, 14.3595167° E | 5.6 kt | 143.1° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted stopped fix and displaced about 1.68 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN back to moving off the north Malta pocket. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on and she has shifted a proper 1.68 miles since the last accepted stop, so the hook is off the job again and EVERYTHING ZEN is making honest north Malta miles. |
| 2026-07-14 13:51 | 2026-07-14 11:51 UTC | 36.0183033° N, 14.3302850° E | 0.1 kt | 304.2° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.002 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the same north Malta pocket. | Fresh stop mark: barely a whisker of GPS shift since the last breadcrumb, so the hook has won again and EVERYTHING ZEN is back in quiet anchorage manners off north Malta. |
| 2026-07-14 13:21 | 2026-07-14 11:21 UTC | 36.0182667° N, 14.3302683° E | 0.2 kt | 327.2° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.35 NM, which lands in Kev's dead band and therefore preserves EVERYTHING ZEN in the moving column. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: only a sniff of speed showing now, but she has still shifted about 0.35 miles since the last accepted fix, so the dead band keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the anchors-up ledger for now. |
| 2026-07-14 12:51 | 2026-07-14 10:51 UTC | 36.0221167° N, 14.3248917° E | 2.4 kt | 59.2° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted stopped fix and displaced about 0.83 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN back to moving off the north Malta pocket. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 2.4 knots on and she has shifted a proper 0.83 miles since the last accepted stop, so the hook is off the job again and EVERYTHING ZEN is making honest north Malta miles. |
| 2026-07-14 12:22 | 2026-07-14 10:21 UTC | 36.0085600° N, 14.3278267° E | 0.1 kt | 202.8° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.001 NM, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the same north Malta pocket. | Fresh stop mark: only a whisker of GPS shift since the last breadcrumb, so the hook has won again and EVERYTHING ZEN is back in quiet anchorage manners off north Malta. |
| 2026-07-14 11:51 | 2026-07-14 09:51 UTC | 36.0085817° N, 14.3278167° E | 0.2 kt | 327.2° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.42 NM, which lands in Kev's dead band and therefore preserves EVERYTHING ZEN in the moving column. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: only a sniff of speed showing now, but she has still shifted about 0.42 miles since the last fix, so the dead band keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the anchors-up ledger for now. |
| 2026-07-14 11:21 | 2026-07-14 09:21 UTC | 36.0026833° N, 14.3231933° E | 4.2 kt | 353.2° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted fix and displaced about 1.17 NM from the last stopped coordinate, so Kev's distance rule flips EVERYTHING ZEN back to moving off the Paradise Bay / north Malta pocket. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 4.2 knots on and she has shifted a proper 1.17 miles since the last accepted stop, so the hook is off the job and EVERYTHING ZEN is making honest north Malta miles again. |
| 2026-07-14 06:24 | 2026-07-14 04:20 UTC | Paradise Bay / Cirkewwa / Mellieħa | - | - | Destination / town intel: Paradise Bay is the current pocket, with the Gozo ferry area, Cirkewwa, and a quick taxi into Mellieħa for cafes, groceries, and dinner. It is a decent north Malta layover if the crew wants to stay local, but exposed landings get blunt once the NW breeze fills in. | Paradise Bay is a fine place to eat breakfast, not a fine place to pretend the afternoon wind forgot how to read. |
| 2026-07-14 06:22 | 2026-07-14 04:20 UTC | Paradise Bay / Cirkewwa / Mellieħa | - | - | Morning passage weather: local Malta forecast for Paradise Bay shows a calm dawn but NW wind building to about 12.1 kt with 24.1 kt gusts by noon and 13.4 kt with 28.1 kt gusts by 15:00, with short 0.20-0.26 m seas. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY; there is no smart offshore passage plan today. | Breakfast window only. After that the north coast gets ideas, and Captain Ron is not paying for ideas. |
| 2026-07-14 06:20 | 2026-07-14 04:20 UTC | 35.9842617° N, 14.3308450° E | 0.0 kt | 168.9° | Paradise Bay / north Malta pocket; live Actisense W2K-2 fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`. Apparent wind 2.59 kt at 36.1° port, vessel heading 141.1° magnetic, speed through water 0.0 kt, depth 10.2 m. | Paradise Bay is doing the civilized thing this morning: basically no way on, just enough breeze to keep the kettle from feeling lonely. |
| 2026-07-13 12:16 | 2026-07-13 10:16 UTC | 35.984060° N, 14.330790° E | 0.4 kt | 335.4° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 30 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 0.02 NM, so Kev's distance rule now flips EVERYTHING ZEN from moving to stopped in the same north Malta pocket. | Fresh stop mark: only a whisker of movement since the last breadcrumb, so the hook has won again and EVERYTHING ZEN is back in anchorage manners off north Malta. |
| 2026-07-13 11:46 | 2026-07-13 09:46 UTC | 35.984003° N, 14.331180° E | 1.1 kt | 39.3° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 34 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 2.16 NM, so Kev's distance rule still keeps EVERYTHING ZEN firmly in the moving column despite the lower SOG. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: only 1.1 knots showing now, but she has still shifted a proper 2.16 miles since the last accepted fix, so this is still anchors-up progress rather than another lazy bay drift. |
| 2026-07-13 11:12 | 2026-07-13 09:12 UTC | 35.995448° N, 14.373375° E | 5.4 kt | 322.7° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 24 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 1.21 NM, so the distance rule cleanly keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the moving column after the Mellieħa departure. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.4 knots on and she has shifted a proper 1.21 miles since the anchor-up mark, so EVERYTHING ZEN is back to making honest miles instead of fiddling about in the bay. |
| 2026-07-13 10:48 | 2026-07-13 08:48 UTC | 35.977770° N, 14.361295° E | 2.4 kt | 46.8° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, about 53 minutes after the stopped row and displaced only about 0.02 NM, but Kev's explicit anchor-up report overrides the dead-slow drift and classifies EVERYTHING ZEN as moving again out of Mellieħa Bay. | Anchors up again off Mellieħa: only a whisker of GPS shift so far, but Kev called the move and the W2K-2 shows way on, so the hook is off the job and the boat is back in the moving column. |
| 2026-07-13 09:55 | 2026-07-13 07:55 UTC | 35.977780° N, 14.361258° E | 0.2 kt | 28.9° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, displaced about 0.02 NM from the last accepted breadcrumb and overridden by Kev's explicit anchor-down report in Mellieħa Bay with 55 m of chain, so EVERYTHING ZEN is now treated as stopped/anchored. | Mellieħa stop logged proper: hook down, chain out, and the morning hop has turned into anchorage manners instead of one more fidgety drift mark. |
| 2026-07-13 09:42 | 2026-07-13 07:42 UTC | 35.977537° N, 14.361083° E | 2.8 kt | 55.8° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, 29 minutes after the previous accepted breadcrumb and displaced about 2.35 NM, so the distance rule still classifies EVERYTHING ZEN as moving despite the slower SOG. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: only 2.8 knots now, but she has still shifted a proper 2.35 miles since the last fix, so the north Malta run stays firmly in the anchors-up column. |
| 2026-07-13 09:13 | 2026-07-13 07:13 UTC | 35.972178° N, 14.408958° E | 5.8 kt | 288.4° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, using a fresh valid RMC sentence for EVERYTHING ZEN with materially newer coordinates and SOG above the strict movement threshold. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on west-northwest off Malta's north coast, so EVERYTHING ZEN is still making proper miles and not easing into anchorage manners yet. |
| 2026-07-13 08:43 | 2026-07-13 06:43 UTC | 35.954472° N, 14.454957° E | 5.8 kt | 303.5° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, using a fresh valid RMC sentence for EVERYTHING ZEN with materially newer coordinates and SOG above the strict movement threshold. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on with the boat clear up the Malta coast, so this morning hop is properly under way and not just a harbour shimmy with ambition. |
| 2026-07-13 08:10 | 2026-07-13 06:10 UTC | 35.926718° N, 14.505093° E | 5.7 kt | 322.9° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, using a fresh valid RMC sentence for EVERYTHING ZEN with materially newer coordinates and SOG above the strict movement threshold. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 5.7 knots on with the bow up the Malta coast, so EVERYTHING ZEN is properly stretching the morning hop and not just shuffling harbour lines. |
| 2026-07-13 07:40 | 2026-07-13 05:40 UTC | 35.896803° N, 14.501373° E | 3.9 kt | 55.6° | Onboard Actisense W2K-2 live GPS/NMEA fix from `192.168.1.58:60001`, using a fresh valid RMC sentence for EVERYTHING ZEN with updated coordinates and SOG above the strict movement threshold. | Fresh W2K-2 breadcrumb: 3.9 knots on and EVERYTHING ZEN is under way out of the Marsamxett pocket, so the Malta morning hop is no longer just pub talk. |
| 2026-07-13 06:25 | Destination / town intel | Mellieħa Bay / Għadira | Planning / shore brief | - | Destination / town intel: Mellieħa Bay / Għadira gives a beach anchorage with the town up the hill, cafes and a promenade ashore, and Billy's Sports Bar & Kitchen for pints and televised sport. Use the dinghy landing and taxi or Bolt if you want to keep the hill walk optional. The bay is usable, but the NE/ENE fill later makes exposure the main watch item. | Mellieħa is the sort of stop where the pub plan is good, the anchorage is weather-dependent, and the hill is best defeated by a taxi. |
| 2026-07-13 06:23 | Morning passage weather | 35.89554° N, 14.49882° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: live VesselAPI still pins EVERYTHING ZEN in Marsamxett / Grand Harbour. Open-Meteo in knots shows a calm dawn at about 1.2 kt with 2.3 kt gusts and 0.42 m seas, while Mellieħa Bay builds to about 13.3 kt with 26.8 kt gusts and roughly 0.44 to 0.52 m seas by midday/afternoon. Verdict: GO EARLY / CAUTION LATER for the north Malta hop, because the 25 kt line gets crossed later. | The morning window is fair, but Mellieħa Bay wants respect after lunch. Leave early or let the bay have the last word. |
| 2026-07-12 06:22 | 2026-07-12 03:40 UTC | St Paul's Bay / Bugibba / Qawra | - | - | Destination / town intel: St Paul's Bay is Malta's long promenade-and-bays stop, with views to St Paul's Islands, the Bugibba/Qawra waterfront, the aquarium, beach spots, and easy shore errands. Good for cafes, seafood, and a walk ashore; if the boat stops there, pick the calmer pocket instead of trying to be brave on the frontage. | St Paul's Bay is the useful north Malta stop: promenade, coffee, and enough shore life to justify moving the boat without making a circus of it. |
| 2026-07-12 06:20 | 2026-07-12 03:40 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49883° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: onboard W2K-2 still pins EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Grand Harbour pocket. Malta Met Office mariners forecast says south to southwesterly force 2 to 3 locally force 3 to 4 with a small sea; Open-Meteo shows about 4 kt now, 6 to 7 kt by lunch, and gusts near 20 kt at the top end with waves around 0.30-0.46 m. Verdict: GO LOCAL / EARLY HOP to St Paul's Bay if the crew wants the move. | Easy Maltese morning: leave early if you are shifting north, keep the heat in mind, and do not turn a small hop into a full-blown expedition. |
| 2026-07-11 06:22 | 2026-07-11 03:40 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marsamxett | - | - | Destination / town intel: Marina di Valletta is the sensible berth; Valletta old town, the Upper Barrakka gardens, the waterfront promenades, the ferry landings, and nearby cafes are the useful shore-leave bits. Practical errands stay easy in the city, and seafood or a long coffee ashore fits the day better than inventing another passage. | Valletta is the grown-up stop: berth first, old stone and sea views second, and then eat something salty before the rope department tries to schedule a fake voyage. |
| 2026-07-11 06:20 | 2026-07-11 03:40 UTC | 35.89556° N, 14.49882° E | 0.0 kt | 360° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Marsamxett / Grand Harbour pocket. Open-Meteo at the berth shows about 3 kt now with gusts near 7 kt, building to roughly 8-14 kt with gusts around 19 kt by afternoon; waves stay around 0.24-0.36 m with short 3-4 second periods. Verdict: HOLD LOCAL / ANCHOR DAY. | Marsamxett is a calm enough little corner this morning: stay put, keep the lines neat, and let the city take the motion while the boat minds its manners. |
| 2026-07-09 06:22 | 2026-07-09 04:10 UTC | Valletta / Grand Harbour / Marina di Valletta | - | - | Destination / town intel: Marina di Valletta is the practical berth in Grand Harbour below the historic fortifications, with berths, fuel, showers, and VHF 13 in the marina docs. Ashore, Valletta’s useful bits are the UNESCO old city walk, Upper Barrakka views over Grand Harbour, Valletta Waterfront, cafes, seafood, and easy provisioning. If the crew wants a quieter wander later, the harbor-side promenades and the old capital do the job without making a circus of it. | Valletta is the grown-up finish: berth first, old-town wander second, and then eat something salty while the rope department tries to act like it planned the whole crossing. |
| 2026-07-09 06:20 | 2026-07-09 04:10 UTC | 36.62764° N, 15.10697° E | 6.0 kt | 214° | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Malta Channel en route to Valletta. Open-Meteo at the current position shows about 1.9 kt at dawn, 7.2 kt by noon, and 9.7 kt by 15:00 with gusts 12.4-16.5 kt and dry weather; Valletta runs about 5.8 kt at dawn rising to 7.5-7.7 kt with gusts 18-19 kt and waves around 0.56-0.58 m. Malta Met Office says high pressure, fine weather, NW force 4 locally force 4-5 backing WNW and slight sea. Verdict: GO / CAUTION for the approach. | Malta is happening, but the last mile wants tidy hands: use the morning, keep the harbour turn disciplined, and do not let the gusts invent drama. |
| 2026-07-09 16:10 | 2026-07-09 14:07 UTC | 35.89554° N, 14.49883° E | 0.0 kt | - | Fresh Malta arrival fix: VesselAPI provided the live coordinates and MyShipTracking matched them with speed 0.0 kt inside MARSAMXETT at 14:07 UTC, so EVERYTHING ZEN is treated as properly stopped on the Valletta finish rather than still under way. | Fresh stop mark: Marsamxett has finally got her, the lines can stop pretending to be theoretical, and the Malta leg is done without any more wake-making nonsense. |
| 2026-07-09 14:53 | 2026-07-09 12:53 UTC | 35.90041° N, 14.50552° E | 4.6 kt | 234.9° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 12:53 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way south of Malta with a fresh coordinate fix and useful decimals. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4.6 knots on south of Malta, so she is still making honest way and not doing any marina-shuffle nonsense yet. |
| 2026-07-09 13:40 | 2026-07-09 11:34 UTC | 36.01059° N, 14.60800° E | 7.3 kt | 218° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 11:40 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the Malta approach with a fresh coordinate fix south-west of Valletta. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 7.3 knots on and she is properly charging the Malta finish now, so this is still honest passage work and not berth-shuffle theatre yet. |
| 2026-07-09 12:39 | 2026-07-09 10:39 UTC | 36.08618° N, 14.68777° E | 5.2 kt | 223° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 10:40 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the Malta finish with a fresh coordinate fix west-southwest of Valletta. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 5.2 knots on and the Malta finish is nearly in hand, but she is still making honest way and has not swapped over to berth manners yet. |
| 2026-07-09 11:49 | 2026-07-09 09:38 UTC | 36.15760° N, 14.74532° E | 5.6 kt | 215.8° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 09:44 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the last Malta approach miles with a fresh coordinate fix southwest of Valletta. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 5.6 knots on and still sliding toward Malta with purpose, so she is closing the finish honestly and has not switched over to marina manners yet. |
| 2026-07-09 11:15 | 2026-07-09 09:15 UTC | 36.18752° N, 14.76864° E | 5.7 kt | 216° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 09:18 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the final Malta approach with a fresh coordinate fix southwest of Valletta. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 5.7 knots on and the Malta finish is close enough to smell the harbour lines, but she is still properly under way and not ready for marina manners yet. |
| 2026-07-09 10:04 | 2026-07-09 08:04 UTC | 36.30177° N, 14.84995° E | 7.3 kt | 205.7° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 08:07 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the Malta approach with a fresh coordinate fix south-southeast of Valletta. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 7.3 knots on and still charging the Malta approach, so the harbour manners can wait a bit longer while she keeps eating the last miles. |
| 2026-07-09 09:17 | 2026-07-09 07:15 UTC | 36.38098° N, 14.90556° E | 7.1 kt | 208° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 07:17 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the Malta crossing with a fresh coordinate fix closing the southeast Malta approach. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 7.1 knots on and Malta is getting properly close now, so she is still striding in with purpose rather than messing about with harbour manners. |
| 2026-07-09 08:15 | 2026-07-09 06:12 UTC | 36.46911° N, 14.97402° E | 4.8 kt | 211° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 06:15 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way on the Malta crossing with a fresh coordinate fix southeast of Malta. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4.8 knots on with Malta properly looming now, so the crossing is still honest passage work and not ready for harbour manners yet. |
| 2026-07-09 07:09 | 2026-07-09 05:06 UTC | 36.55377° N, 15.03532° E | 6.3 kt | 209° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 05:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still making clean southwesterly miles across the Malta crossing with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 6.3 knots on and still chewing down the Malta miles, so the crossing is carrying on like a proper little passage instead of a harbour dawdle. |
| 2026-07-09 06:10 | 2026-07-09 04:09 UTC | 36.62764° N, 15.10697° E | 6.0 kt | 214° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 04:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN making proper southwesterly miles clear of the Portopalo pocket on the Malta crossing. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 6 knots on and the old anchorage is well astern, so EVERYTHING ZEN is properly striding out on the Malta leg now. |
| 2026-07-09 05:09 | 2026-07-09 03:07 UTC | 36.69010° N, 15.13812° E | 2.2 kt | 35° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 03:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN moving again out of the same Portopalo / SE Sicily pocket with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: back up to 2.2 knots with the bow pointed north-northeast, so the hook is clearly off the job and the boat is under way again. |
| 2026-07-09 01:10 | 2026-07-08 23:07 UTC | 36.69000° N, 15.13865° E | 0.1 kt | 360° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 23:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN effectively stopped in the same Portopalo / SE Sicily anchorage pocket after Kev's earlier anchor-down report. | Fresh VesselAPI stop mark: speed has dropped to 0.1 knots in the same Portopalo pocket, so the hook has finally won the argument and the boat is properly settled. |
| 2026-07-08 23:59 | 2026-07-08 21:59 UTC | 36.69003° N, 15.13866° E | 0.6 kt | 172.8° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 22:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still just under way in the same Portopalo / SE Sicily anchorage pocket with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: back up to 0.6 knots in the same Portopalo pocket, so she stays honestly on the moving side of the line and the anchor can keep grumbling. |
| 2026-07-08 20:09 | 2026-07-08 18:09 UTC | 36.68998° N, 15.13867° E | 0.4 kt | 187° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 18:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still moving right on the strict underway threshold in the same Portopalo / SE Sicily anchorage pocket. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: dead on the 0.4-knot line, so the hook may be sulking but she is still technically moving and earns one more honest wake mark. |
| 2026-07-08 18:09 | 2026-07-08 16:09 UTC | 36.69007° N, 15.13867° E | 0.6 kt | 357° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 16:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still just barely under way in the same Portopalo / SE Sicily pocket with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: still scraping along at 0.6 knots in the same anchorage pocket, so she stays on the moving side of the line by the narrowest salty whisker. |
| 2026-07-08 16:09 | 2026-07-08 14:09 UTC | 36.69012° N, 15.13867° E | 0.6 kt | 353° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 14:10 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still just under way south of the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: speed is down to 0.6 knots but still above the line, so she is creeping along honestly enough for one more moving mark instead of calling it a full stop. |
| 2026-07-08 15:00 | 2026-07-08 13:00 UTC | 36.69375° N, 15.14930° E | 3.8 kt | 254.1° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 13:01 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way farther west-southwest after the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 3.8 knots on and the bow has fallen farther west, so she is still making honest miles and finally rounding the corner into the Malta lane. |
| 2026-07-08 14:00 | 2026-07-08 12:00 UTC | 36.74842° N, 15.19036° E | 4.0 kt | 207.5° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 12:04 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way southwest of the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4 knots on and still sliding southwest, so she is keeping the miles honest with no sign of turning this into a harbour nap. |
| 2026-07-08 13:41 | 2026-07-08 11:41 UTC | 36.76807° N, 15.20343° E | 4.4 kt | 210.5° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 11:43 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way southwest of the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4.4 knots on and still easing southwest, so she is keeping honest miles rolling after the corner finished throwing its little tantrum. |
| 2026-07-08 13:14 | 2026-07-08 11:10 UTC | 36.80052° N, 15.22231° E | 4.0 kt | 203.6° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 11:13 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way southwest of the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4 knots on and still tracking southwest, so she has kept the miles ticking over after the corner gave its usual teeth. |
| 2026-07-08 12:44 | 2026-07-08 10:40 UTC | 36.83421° N, 15.24094° E | 4.2 kt | 201.4° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 10:42 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way farther south-southwest off the Portopalo corner with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: still making 4.2 knots with the bow down the southwest lane, so she has kept moving despite the ugly nose-punch report. |
| 2026-07-08 15:43 | Crew report | Near latest AIS: 36.69375° N, 15.14930° E (2026-07-08 13:00 UTC) | At anchor / 60 m chain | - | Kev reports EVERYTHING ZEN is now at anchor after the Portopalo-corner bash, with 60 m of chain out and a well-deserved beer opened. Latest VesselAPI AIS reference at 13:00 UTC showed the boat near the Portopalo / SE Sicily corner; this row uses Kev's crew report for anchored status rather than waiting for AIS to settle. | Anchor down after the head-sea nonsense, sixty metres of chain earning its keep, and the beer department finally gets permission to speak. |
| 2026-07-08 12:40 | Crew report | Near latest AIS: 36.86872° N, 15.25859° E (2026-07-08 10:12 UTC) | Conditions changed | - | Kev reports the wind has completely changed from about 8.5 kt on the beam to about 20 kt on the nose with big seas while heading toward the Portopalo corner. Broad model guidance at the last AIS point is undercalling the local conditions, so this is logged as a crew-observed local acceleration/cape-effect sea-state change rather than a fresh AIS fix. | Passage mood changed fast: beam breeze turned into a nose punch, seas got lumpy, and the plan now answers to comfort and sea state, not pride. |
| 2026-07-08 12:17 | 2026-07-08 10:12 UTC | 36.86872° N, 15.25859° E | 5.8 kt | 201.2° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 10:17 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way south-southwest of Siracusa with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 5.8 knots on and still tracking southwest, so the log has her moving cleanly down the line while Malta starts getting less theoretical. |
| 2026-07-08 12:01 | 2026-07-08 10:01 UTC | 36.88423° N, 15.26695° E | 5.5 kt | 204.2° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 10:07 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way farther south-southwest on the next leg. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 5.5 knots on with the bow still down the southwest lane, so she is keeping the miles rolling and not giving Siracusa a second look. |
| 2026-07-08 11:12 | 2026-07-08 09:09 UTC | 36.94402° N, 15.30923° E | 4.8 kt | 210.9° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 09:11 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way farther south-southwest of Siracusa on the next leg. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 4.8 knots on with the bow still hooked southwest, so she is banking proper miles now and leaving Siracusa gossip in the wake. |
| 2026-07-08 10:42 | 2026-07-08 08:34 UTC | 36.99819° N, 15.34289° E | 6.3 kt | 205° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 08:35 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN well south of Siracusa and properly under way on the next leg. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 6.3 knots on with the bow hooked south-southwest now, so she is making honest miles and not hanging about for harbour gossip. |
| 2026-07-08 10:12 | 2026-07-08 08:08 UTC | 37.03510° N, 15.32165° E | 2.8 kt | 152.1° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 08:09 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN still under way south-southeast of Siracusa with a fresh coordinate fix. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: 2.8 knots on and the bow still falling off to the southeast, so this is honest passage work now, not harbour yoga. |
| 2026-07-08 09:42 | 2026-07-08 07:36 UTC | 37.04929° N, 15.29206° E | 3.6 kt | 102.8° | VesselAPI live position for MMSI 261186582, processed 07:38 UTC, showing EVERYTHING ZEN properly under way southeast of the old Siracusa / Porto Grande pocket. | Fresh VesselAPI breadcrumb: lines look truly loose now, 3.6 knots on, and the old harbour shuffle has turned back into a real morning move. |
| 2026-07-08 06:22 | 2026-07-08 04:12 UTC | Siracusa / Ortigia | - | - | Destination / town intel: Porto Grande is the practical berth, and Ortigia is the useful shore leave. Good bits ashore are the old town walk, Piazza Duomo, the fish market, the seafront, coffee, granita, arancini, and easy errand runs. Marina, fuel, and services stay close by in the harbour pockets. | Siracusa is the grown-up stop with a postcard attached: berth first, old-town wander second, and then eat something salty before the rope department starts asking for a raise. |
| 2026-07-08 06:20 | 2026-07-08 04:12 UTC | 37.05772° N, 15.28406° E | 0.1 kt | - | Morning passage weather: fresh VesselAPI stop fix keeps EVERYTHING ZEN in the Siracusa / Porto Grande pocket. Open-Meteo shows a light dawn breeze around 3 kt with about 0.16 m seas, building to roughly 6-7 kt and 0.2-0.3 m later, with gusts near 14 kt by afternoon. No local civil-protection alert for Siracusa, and the national bulletin keeps the stronger weather elsewhere. Verdict: GO LOCAL / HOLD THE BIG MOVE. | Siracusa is easy money this morning: stay local, do the shore jobs, and do not invent a long passage just to keep the engine from getting lonely. |
167 AIS fixes + 2 crew/media updates. AIS waits for the public tracker to move; crew clips still get logged.