Category Archives: At Sea

279nm to go. This feels like drawing teeth. The wind is right behind us. We’ve been sailing wing on wing most of the time and we’re covering almost exactly the distance required each day to arrive at sunset on May … Continue reading →

Not much to report. Speeds are still rubbish, but we are getting there slowly. Steve made an alarm system for the fishing lines. He MacGyvered something out of copper, clothes pegs, telephone wire and my suggestion for the alarm, 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 →

383nm to go. Just over 100nm closer in one day. Better than the day before but still in the zone where we would have been doing better with the big sail. For a while I contemplated getting it out again … Continue reading →

This was one of the possible land fall dates, when we were going fast. When we were doing 8,9-10 knots, ok for 24 hours a day, we were getting a bit bashed about, had sleep deprivation, constant 90 decibel roar … Continue reading →