Well, several people asked that I check in every day even if there’s nothing new to report. So here I am. We are currently at South 13 degrees 11 minutes, West 08 degrees 57 minutes, as of 11AM St Helena time. The wind strength increased yesterday, to a nice 18 – 22 knots, and continues […]
WASHING, SCHEDULES, SAILS, FOOD
Position: South 10 degrees 55 minutes; West 12 degrees 22 minutes – Just south of Ascension Island. This one’s a little long, partly because of a foodie stuff. Those of you not interested in culinary pursuits can skip that part! 🙂 4PM, Friday afternoon Another nice day, first going northerly, then gybing over and going […]
JUST UNDER ASCENSION
4:45AM St Helena time Current position: South 9 degrees 20 minutes, West 14 degrees 33 minutes Rested! Started the new schedule last night. Ate supper at 4, and I went to bed about 5:30 – didn’t get to sleep right away, but once I did…ahhhh. This night watch, which started at 1AM, it’s been easy […]
A LITTLE RAIN, A NICE WIND, SO FAR SO GOOD, A LITTLE MIRACLE
Hi. My usual 4AM check in… We are currently at South 08 degrees 06 minutes; West 16 degrees 39 minutes. Never did see Ascension Island, too far over the horizon and all we really wanted to do was make sure we didn’t hit it. We had a nice rain shower while I was sleeping (OK, […]
A PAIR OF FEATHERED FREELOADERS
< Current position: South 07 degrees, 09 minutes, West 18 degrees, 39 minutes Hi there. Two visitors tonight, very determined to hitch a ride. They are out here in the middle of the ocean, but they look more like crows than any kind of sea bird – I’m pretty sure they don’t have webbed feet. […]
SAIL OVERBOARD!
10PM. I think we’re 4 hours ahead of Eastern Time now. Current position: South 6 degrees, 43 minutes, West 20 degrees, 17 minutes Well, we’ve had an eventful day. Early this morning, just after I hit the “send” button for the last update, about 5AM, I heard a CRACK! At first, I thought it was […]
SQUALLS, WIND, BACKING, GENERATOR
4:30 AM Current Position: South 6 degrees, 12 minutes; West 22 degrees, 33 minutes. Going 9 knots in 18 knots of wind. Finally stable after a wild night. But I should start with last night. I really couldn’t get to sleep, and Philip really needed sleep, so at 9PM, I got up and he went […]
BACK TO “NORMAL”
Time: 1:42 AM Current Position: South 4 degrees, 59 minutes, West 24 degrees, 25 minutes Well, after a series of squalls, we seem to be back to normal. The boat is on autopilot, she’s racing along at 8 – 10 knots in 20 – 25 knot winds, the seas are bumpy because of the storms, […]
SQUALLS, THEN CALM. ALMOST TO HALFWAY POINT.
Time: 2:16 AM Current position: South 4 degrees 34 minutes, West 26 degrees 41 minutes Very quiet now, ghosting along in the moonlight at 3.75 knots in 5.2 knots of wind, wind slowly building. Wasn’t quiet earlier. All day we have had 20-knot winds or higher, big swells, and lots of rain squalls. Sometimes there […]
HALFWAY HOME
Time: 1:40 PM (yes, writing to you when the sun is out! – well, overcast, but daytime, in any case) Current Position: South 4 degrees, 10 minutes, West 27 degrees, 29 minutes You are receiving this “extra” update because today is the day we will now officially consider the “halfway home” day. We have basically […]