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So far I’ve been pretty good at staying on track during my watches. In previous trips I’ve tended to go off my own way thinking that the boat sails better in that direction or that it looks quicker that way. … Continue reading →

Wind, wind lots of wind. Its amazing how obsess we get about wind once we’re under way. We have perfect wind speed for our boat at the moment, late teens to twenty knots. On my shift I was making about … Continue reading →

I woke up feeling terrible about our torn code zero sail. Although we’ve had it up in stronger winds before there must have been a weakness in the sail from the last tear. But still, if I had made up … Continue reading →

Already the days are merging, one into another. The wind decreased in the morning so we put out the code zero sail. I finished the Time Travelers Wife which left me a little sad. The wind picked up again in … Continue reading →

When I woke up this morning I was delighted to discover we had wind and we were sailing. It wasn’t coming from a perfect direction but at least we were heading west. I felt we were flying but in reality … Continue reading →