Author Archives: helen

We all welcomed day 21 with hope and optimism. Steve confirmed that we should see land by tomorrow morning and make land fall by tomorrow sunset. Tomorrow! What a wonderful word. Today would have been a better word but tomorrow … Continue reading →

Two years ago I was packing the content of our house into boxes. We’d sold our house. We’d both given in our resignation at work. Our youngest son Sam was about to turn eighteen. We were about to start our … Continue reading →

Another day of pleasant sedate sailing. Steve set up the ETA countdown on our display. In the afternoon our ETA was around 77 hours. That’s only three more days. We could make it before sunset of May 3rd. At the … Continue reading →

During the night, the wind picked up, not by much, but enough to sail at around 4 to 5 knots. I thought it was quite pleasant, the boys though it was too slow and sedate. Steve feels that for days … Continue reading →

Too little wind is almost as bad as too much wind. Today we had too little. With not enough wind to glide us over the waves and hold the main sail steady, the boat bobbed uncomfortably side to side on … Continue reading →