Current time: 2AM Current position: North 7 degrees 55 minutes, West 38 degrees 59 minutes Hi, Everyone. Well, I’m rested. I actually felt ambitious when I got up; the pilothouse floor is now wiped free of salt, the clothes have been brought in from their drying lines, and I’ve marked our position on the paper […]
Author: Kristin Zhivago
SHIPS PASSING IN THE NIGHT; AGENT BROWN
Current time: 3AM Current Position: North 9 degrees, 32 minutes West 41 degrees, 41 minutes Hi there. “Ships passing in the night” sounds so romantic – unless one of the “ships” is yours and the other ship is a tanker getting closer by the minute. I think most people think of at-sea collisions as […]
WIND, SPEED, ROOTS
Current Time: 1:52AM Current Position: North 11 degrees 13 minutes, West 44 degrees 10 minutes Hi, Everyone. I don’t know *exactly* how hard it’s blowing right now, because when our masthead (top of the mast) wind indicator unit fell down, that sensing function fell with it. However, having sailed for many years where it BLOWS […]
ONE TACK, LONG TIME; SURFING; FISH; MATTRESS PORT
Current Time: 3:17AM Current Position: North 12 degrees 58 minutes, West 46 degrees 44 minutes Hi, Everyone. Some days are pretty uneventful. When you’re at sea in a boat, that’s good. We are on the starboard tack, which means that the wind is coming from the starboard (right when facing the bow) side of the […]
THE CAPTAIN SPEAKS; ZOOMING ALONG IN THE MOONLIGHT
Current Time: 1:30 AM, although we must be ready for a time change soon; the sun went down just before 10PM this evening… Current Position: North 14 degrees 38 minutes, West 49 degrees 06 minutes Hello Everyone: Before I say anything, I’d like to thank my wonderful brother, Chris, for getting this out each night to […]
BIRDS, MILDEW CITY, BRUISES, EYES
Current Time: 1:38 AM Current Position: North 16 degrees 30 minutes, West 51 degrees 33 minutes Hi, Everyone: 1 PM in the afternoon, Saturday – from Philip: I’m seeing a change in the bird life. We always have birds coming around and looking for fish that are disturbed by the passage of the boat. Either […]
CAPTAIN PRAISES ADMIRAL; ADMIRAL EATS HUMBLE PIE
Current Time: 2:00 AM Current Position: North 18 degrees 48 minutes, West 53 degrees 43 minutes Hi, Everyone … From Philip, 4:46 PM, Sunday As I opened a galley locker this morning, to get out some cereal for breakfast, I realized that it had a “depleted” look to it. There is certainly enough there that […]
PANAMA TRAFFIC ZONE, CAPTAIN’S JURY RIG, CLEANLINESS, WATERBLOMMJIES
Current Time: 1:40 AM Current Position: North 20 degrees, 25 minutes West 55 degrees, 37 minutes Hi, Everyone. Moonlit night, very bright. Horizon zinging along, mostly 8 knots. Just scanned the horizon again for traffic. We are actually in a high-traffic area, because of the Panama Canal – ships coming to and from Europe, for […]
THE CAPTAIN’S JURY RIG OPERATION; MUFFINS
Current Time: 1:24AM, Wednesday morning Current Position: North 25 degrees, 03 minutes West 59 degrees, 06 minutes Hi, Everyone. So sorry for the silence. The sat phone charges were being put on a credit card that has a fairly low minimum, so even though we paid it off before we left, and because the charges […]
MAGIC MOMENTS, RESOURCEFUL BROTHER, REALITIES
Current Time: 1:26 AM Current Position: North 26 degrees, 55 minutes West 60 degrees, 21 minutes About 1000 miles from the Beavertail Lighthouse, Jamestown, RI Hi, Everyone. Last night was beautiful. I wrote this then: It’s currently Thursday AM – wee hours – I just sent out last night’s update. I will send this tomorrow. […]