Posts Tagged ‘Atlantic crossing’
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Current Location: Mid-OceanCurrent Position: 16 24.72 N 024 47.19 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 31 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereCaught some fish today – sushi for supper anyone? on our way from Mindelo to Santiago (Sent by InReach satellite connection)
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Current Location: Portimao, PortugalCurrent Position: 37 8.2 N 008 31.7 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 0 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereAll the work is done. This afternoon the big crane will put us back into the water. Then, on Friday (all things permitting) we will (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Sines, PortugalCurrent Position: 37 56.41 N 008 51.37 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 214 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereAt 3:40pm today, Tuesday, we arrived at Port Sines on the west coast of Portugal! 770 miles, for most of which, it seems, we had (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Day 6Current Position: 37 43.12 N 013 21.56 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 584 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereSunday 20 June 2011, 12:30 GMT We are still slogging away. Everything is going well, except slower than expected. All the books talk about a (Click to Read More...)
Friday, 17 June, 2011. 13:10 GMT. 38 05 N 18 57 W After motoring for 200 miles due east in glassy seas, and having visions of taking two weeks to actually get to Portugal, the wind finally filled in a bit yesterday evening. At supper time we put up the spinnaker with the main (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Ponta Delgado, Sao Miguel, AzoresCurrent Position: 37 44.37 N 025 39.69 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 281 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereIt’s been a great stay in the Azores, although the weather has been rather wet and grey, but now it is time (Click to Read More...)
So due to the winds here we still are in Flores. Planing to leave on Tuesday am. Good winds and on a beam reach, should be fast to the Island of Terceira. To everyone who keeps asking how was it 16 days without seeing land? And how did you keep busy??? how did you feel (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Lajes, Flores, AzoresCurrent Position: 39 22.74 N 031 10.17 W Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 1673 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereOnce again the wind disappeared, so for the last 24 hours we motored the rest of the way, very slowly, so as to arrive (Click to Read More...)
The wind has now turned against us again. Variable from 8 to 18 kts but always right on the nose. Making very slow progress- did under 60 miles in the last 24 hours as we don’t do well sailing upwind. Calms forecast for the next couple of days, which means we can motor straight there and do a bit better speed. Maybe miles in a day. Then the wind should turn with us, but stay light. ETA in Flores is now Tuesday or Wednesday I think. Saw some dolphins again today. Still not caught a fish though! Getting in lots of chess, cards and movies. Weather is mostly sunny.
We have had a couple of days of high speed close reaching, breaking our previous record by making 185 miles in 24 hours. Then we had 5 hours of total calm and drizzle. Then the wind filled in again from the south and today the sun came out again. Now we are doing a steady 5 knots. Meanwhile we broke and repaired our mainsheet traveler block. Less than 400 miles to go now. Sun is out, sea is fairly calm, all is well. Except the wind is forecast to drop to zero again in a couple of days. So who knows when we will get there. Thursday, May 26, 2011, 04:00 GMT – 39 deg 10 min N, 040 deg 11 min W