Well gang, I can not say it has been uneventful! A bit of gear failure, but the human’s were pushing it. The maximum for the day was 13.5 knots down one wave….that we know of. The topping lift for the spinnaker pole came free, when it went for a dip, […]
Atlantic Crossing
24 posts
At nine am this morning we were at W 20’21.43′ N 26’16.47′. It was a rather ‘uneventful’ day really. The winds shifted from NE to East. That was not the best for a twin sail arrangement. Twin sails prefer to sail down wind or on the quarter (that is the […]
Well just another day for this sea dog. The winds are still from the East, pushing us due West, when we want to be going South West to pick up the more constant trade winds. We brought the port (left) side head sail over to the starboard (right) side to […]
Our position at 9am this morning was: N 22’55.691′ W 23’05.288′ Our GPS put us 2206 nm from first land sighting of Martinique. The humans have all this gadgetry to tell them how far away from land they are. I keep it simple and sniff the air. Right now I […]
Trans-Atlantic Day 5 This morning at 9am we were at N 21’03.33′ W 25’0.31′. The GPS says we will see land in 2088 nm. Not see land for 2088 nm, your joking. Been going a little squirrelly on the humans for the past day. Don’t know if I like […]
Well we have turned west into the great unknown. We have turned away from the last vestals of land and civilization in exchange for the open sea. The sun, the moon, the sea and it’s creatures below become our new bed fellows. I am not being too dramatic, am I? […]