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18/02/2023

Saphir af Stockholm - Equator crossing picture competion

Here comes our picture from crossing the equator .  We had a great crossing and due to sharks we took a dip in our pool on stern deck.  Regards Eva and Edgar on Saphir of Stockholm  image0. read more...


Saphir af Stockholm - Equator crossing picture competion
Saphir af Stockholm - Equator crossing picture competion
17/02/2023

Mistral of Portsmouth - The Galapagos Islands… first stop, San Cristobel

We anchored in the only harbour on the San Cristobel island after a lovely motor down the coast of the isalnd … past Kicker Rock (Sleeping Lion) along with Rays, Sea Lions and many Turtles. The island is lush and green with strips of pure white sandy beach nestled into the coastline. The harbour is busy - chocabloc with water taxis, pleasure boats for tours, local motor boats and of course, the ARC fleet. As soon as we arrived we set to, to ensure the boat was ready for inspection by the authorities - we are quarantined until we have their approval. At 3pm, the divers arrived to inspect the hull - huge relief that they gave us the thumbs up. Next, 10 inspectors arrived at 4ish - each with forms to complete and boxes to tick. It was surreal … they inspected the fridge and freezer. read more...


Mistral of Portsmouth - The Galapagos Islands… first stop, San Cristobel
Mistral of Portsmouth - The Galapagos Islands… first stop, San Cristobel
16/02/2023

Zissou - Log 001 - St. Lucia Preparations

Ahoi fellow seahorsesAfter our Safety Check yesterday we had some small things to attend to, which Tim from the ARC crew has spotted accurately with his sharp eyes. The most painful must have been, that we realized we couldn’t use our US-Coast Guard approved flares and had to go buy new ones.Some tears were spilled while we watched the money leave our bank account. So if someone is in the market for a new US Coastguard approved Flares Set, you know where to find one :) But overall it was all done quickly and Team Zissou has worked very efficiently - so we could reward ourselves with a swim in the afternoon. Greetings from Team Zissou. read more...


Zissou - Log 001 - St. Lucia Preparations
Zissou - Log 001 - St. Lucia Preparations
13/02/2023

Mistral of Portsmouth - Woohoo … we’ve made it into the southern hemisphere!

Another huge milestone … at midnight we crossed the equator! We were all up on deck to experience the moment. I had prepared an equator cake (in honour of Neptune), the fizz was on ice and camera at the ready as we saw the latitude move to 00.00.00 S … We toasted Neptune, Mistral and all who sail in her … we are officially upside down!This excitement was preceded by the Super Bowl. Unbelievably, Starlink is so good, we can watch the TV in the middle of the ocean. Chris is a big fan and had agreed to keep the HF radio open so he could relay results to Arc friends who are without internet … hard to describe how weird this seems!We still have no wind and there have been no more fish either. We were thrilled when a red footed booby came and joined the boat last night - he sat on the pulpit. read more...


Mistral of Portsmouth - Woohoo … we’ve made it into the southern hemisphere!
Mistral of Portsmouth - Woohoo … we’ve made it into the southern hemisphere!
Mistral of Portsmouth - Woohoo … we’ve made it into the southern hemisphere!
Mistral of Portsmouth - Woohoo … we’ve made it into the southern hemisphere!
Mistral of Portsmouth - Woohoo … we’ve made it into the southern hemisphere!
Mistral of Portsmouth - Woohoo … we’ve made it into the southern hemisphere!
11/02/2023

Mistral of Portsmouth - Leg 3, Days 3 & 4

2 more days of no wind. The Pacific is like a mill pond. The engine continues to chug along and we are all doing dances to the wind gods. We are keeping our eyes open for wildlife - we’ve seen dolphins but they are fairly shy. A pod of whales was reported about 5 miles aay from us but no sightings as yet.The big excitement came this morning as the fishing line went out at 7am. Within 15 minutes the reel flew out. Unfortunately, as I launched myself at the rod to try to reel whatever was on the line, it managed to jump off. I should explain that we no longer have a rod holder as it contains the StarLink antenna! We persisted with the fishing … this time with a lure called an ‘Offshore Dominator’ (a Chris purchase!) … how could we fail? Amazingly, just as I finished preparing the bacon. read more...


Mistral of Portsmouth - Leg 3, Days 3 & 4
Mistral of Portsmouth - Leg 3, Days 3 & 4
10/02/2023

Mistral of Portsmouth - Leg 3. Passage from Las Perlas Islands to Galapagos Islands

Here we are on passage again. Day 1 and the sun is shining, not a cloud in the sky and some great wind between 20 and 30 knots from the North East. We had a good start again, courtesy of Cap P and headed off down the Gulf of Panama with the rest of the fleet around us. We made good progress, enjoying a relaxed afternoon on deck after the rush to get the boat ready for the trip. Shirley and David took on their first night watch after a delicious spaghetti bolognaise (continuing the tradition of eating like kings and making up for the lack of a glass of wine!) with Chris keeping an eye on things through the first night. We reefed in as the wind gusted up to 28 knots but great to see us cover the ground at 8 to 9 knots.Today, as forecast, the winds have died. We are on the motor in search. read more...


Mistral of Portsmouth - Leg 3. Passage from Las Perlas Islands to Galapagos Islands
Mistral of Portsmouth - Leg 3. Passage from Las Perlas Islands to Galapagos Islands
08/02/2023

Aquavita - Day 23 home stretch

We started a quest yesterday about who would have the most accurate estimate of how many miles we'd do during this crossing. The consensus seems to be between 2950 and 3200nm. Let's see who wins at the end of today, as our ETA is getting into Rodney Bay in the dark. Seems to be our usual pattern, always arriving in the dark after a passage: 2am into A Coruna from La Rochelle, 10pm into Lisbon, 11pm into Lagos, 3am into Mohammedia, 12am into Las Palmas. What time will we arrive today? It all depends on the wind. We had gusts of over 30 knots overnight, but since daybreak it has slowed down a lot so we lifted the blister, hopefully for the last time with no change in wind until St Lucia. At 14.50 UTC-4 we spotted land in the hazy air, it's the soaring mountains on Martinique to our. read more...


08/02/2023

Mistral of Portsmouth - Las Perlas Archipelago

We arrived at Contadora Island mid afternoon after a glorious sail - watching the Bridge of the Americas disappear behind us as we headed south to the Las Perlas Islands … 40 miles from Panama, in the Gulf of Panama there are 71 islands with many uninhabited. They are glorious! Proper islands with big trees, pink blossom, white sandy beaches and fabulous bird life. Swimming off a beach with pelicans cruising over us is an amazing experience.We had 3 lovely very relaxed days, being intrepid explorers, and 1 fairly frantic day getting ourselves ready for the next leg of our journey … it was ever thus! We are at anchor from here almost all the way to Australia. No marinas and limited access to chandleries, supermarkets etc. This means that we are in our tender (small boat on a crane at the. read more...


Mistral of Portsmouth - Las Perlas Archipelago
Mistral of Portsmouth - Las Perlas Archipelago
06/02/2023

Aquavita - Day 22 squall (kinda)

Today I was playing cards with Elke when she saw a squall and it was coming from behind us. It was grey and like a big mushroom cloud. The jib was quickly rolled up while the waves increased by 1-1.5 meters. It was scary how the waves came up, they looked like they were going to crash onto the boat and in the last second rolled underneath our hulls. It was our first squall and, wait - where is it? It seems the squall was coming towards us and then it faded away. It must have decided not to face us because it was scared. ;-)Author: Jason. read more...


06/02/2023

Aquavita - Day 21 chat over the water

We saw a boat named Capibara on the AIS 6nm ahead of us. We caught up with them a few hours later and were only half a mile apart at the closest distance. We called them on the radio. They responded straight away and we had a lovely chat. They were a Danish couple who had been sailing for 13 years on their 30 foot monohull. They had done an Atlantic crossing before, and will be crossing the Pacific next and eventually travel to Australia. We exchanged a lot of information about our respective sailing trips, it's almost like chatting with the next door neighbour, except the neighbour is 2km away over the water and we don't even know what they look like. We hope to see them somewhere in the Caribbean. With only a boat name to go by it might be difficult to track them down. We'll have to. read more...


05/02/2023

Ca Canny - Days 20-22 Now actually almost there!

In the last couple of days we have seen much better sailing winds- finally the trade winds appear! On Friday we covered more than 160 nautical miles, and Saturday we experienced consistent 30 knot winds, but had to tack to 235 degrees overnight pushing us further south, a little bit off our ideal course. Then, at first light we tacked again to 290 degrees giving us a straight run into St Lucia with a good tailwind. Today, the wind reached over 40 knots making it a bit uncomfortable on board, and providing a further challenge to Alan who was cooking dinner. - Ca Canny. read more...


04/02/2023

Aquavita - Day 19 cool running

We saw two other boats on the AIS today, one from the ARC fleet (the one we saw yesterday), and a slow boat not part of the ARC. We tried talking to both on the radio, the ARC boat didn't respond (maybe they weren't listening to their radio); the slow boat responded and told us he was solo sailing across the Atlantic. He had been out on the ocean for three and a half weeks, and still had another two weeks to go. My respect to him for taking such an epic journey all by himself. Later we lifted the blister again and were sailing at 7kts. The daylight was dimming when we had visuals of both boats with their sails full, one to the left and one to the right of us, each about 1-2nm away. We were like the three musketeers, parallel to each other, sailing in the middle of the ocean, on our. read more...


04/02/2023

Aquavita - Day 20 we'll miss the party

Yesterday we received an email from ARC Rally Control that the social events start on Monday 6th Feb with a sunset cruise welcome party. Our current ETA is Tuesday AM on the 7th - we were going to miss the welcome party! So we sent an email to rally control asking if it's possible to postpone the party to Tuesday, as this year's fleet of 30 is small and several other boats will be arriving around the same time as us. We received a courteous reply today explaining why they couldn't move the welcome party, and that:"Based on current ETAs we will have 18 boats arrived in time to attend the Welcome Party, You are currently the 19th boat, with an ETA of Monday evening. We hope that you receive some good conditions in the final days so you can attend all the parties you wish."We could almost. read more...


04/02/2023

Mistral of Portsmouth - Panama City

We had 3 days in glorious Panama city … what a fabulous place. Totally surpassed my expectations!It was a frantic start. Jane & Tim left the boat to head home. Sadly, there was not much ceremony … time was short and our focus was getting work organised to repair the damage to the boat … metal worker for the stanchions, polisher for the hull and woodworker for the capping rail. We had had an amazing trip together with Jane & Tim so I feel the need to get back together, drink champagne and say a proper thank you, reminiscing about bonding in the bilges when we next see them!Laura and I got down to cleaning the boat ready for Shirls and David who arrived at 7.30pm - straight from the airport. I worried that Laura may have thought she was joining us for a few days of R&R … on her. read more...


Mistral of Portsmouth - Panama City
Mistral of Portsmouth - Panama City
03/02/2023

Cohiba - Day 19 Cohiba blog

Written on our iPad ( hate these things ) really who cares weather (sic) it’s written on an iPad or android etc etc Well we have hopefully just done our last pole Gybe and foresail set as we aim for the finish, just under 400 nm to go, think we can smell rum !!!! Crew now a well drilled machine, hoping to be well oiled shortly...Our Reggie (tame flying fish) is drying out nicely and is spoken to most days or sought for advice and local weather tips.Reflecting on the past few days, at last seeing the true trades, glorious sunny days, clear moon lit nights, brilliant sailing....I wonder what the worlds leaders are doing about the weed situation? Plays havoc with our Pauline, the hydrovane, so Pontius the Pilot is putting in his shifts too when we tire of Mandraulic helming.The chefs. read more...


02/02/2023

Mistral of Portsmouth - The Panama Canal

We slipped lines at 2pm and motored to the waiting area. A force 6 wind and threat of rain didn’t dampen our excitement! We anchored along with our ‘nest buddies’, Far and Amanzi. Our advisor arrived at 5pm and we were off. Amanzi led, followed by Far and then us … in convoy up to the entrance of the first lock. Under supervision, we rafted up tight next to each other - Far in the middle and the 2 Oyster 56 yachts either side. We moved forward slowly into the first chamber. It is huge! With Chris on the helm, the adviser next to him, Tim and I each handled a line that tied the boat to a line handler at the top of the chamber … our role was to maintain tension in the lines as the water poured into the chamber - ensuring that in spite of water turbulence, the nest maintained its position. read more...


Mistral of Portsmouth - The Panama Canal
Mistral of Portsmouth - The Panama Canal
02/02/2023

Ca Canny - Days 18&19- The end is (kind of) almost in sight!

Not much has happened over these past couple of days. We have all just been discussing and making plans for when we arrive in St Lucia and trying to anticipate when we will arrive, which will hopefully be early next week. We have had a few interesting flying fish on board, many that are a deep blue and last night we got one with stripes on it and it was almost a luminous colour, so that is interesting as we didn't realise how many varieties or flying fish there were. It's a good thing too because they are just about the only wildlife we see, other than the odd bird which is often too far away to identify. That's all from us for now! - Izzy. read more...


02/02/2023

Aquavita - Day 18 another day, another fish

Severin wanted to have fresh sashimi again so Daddy took his order and put out the fishing line. Less than 5 minutes later we caught a 80cm Mahi Mahi⭐️✨️♒️⛵️. The Atlantic is full of them. Apparently they are the fastest growing fish in the sea.Elke and I put the finishing touches on the chocolate cake and presented it for dinner while we sang happy birthday to Elke. We ate it with homemade whipped cream and ice cream. It is soooo good and I am proud that I did most of it.3 boats in the ARC fleet have already arrived in St Lucia and we still have 800nm to go. We saw another ARC boat on the AIS but when we tried to talk to them on the radio they didn't respond.The waves are getting lower and the wind is steady. We haven't needed to use the engine for around a week but we do to produce. read more...


Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 17: A crew of few words
Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 17: A crew of few words
01/02/2023

Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 17: A crew of few words

Sunshine.NE Trade winds.Poled out genoa.Downwind sailing.Dry clothes.Chocolate brownies.Fun and laughter have returned to Rhapsody and, with them, the realisation that we might make it to St Lucia soon after all.It’s the simple things in life.Clare and the crew of Rhapsody. read more...


01/02/2023

Mistral of Portsmouth - Panama Canal Transit

Timelapse video of the Panama Canal Transit, Nests 1,2 3 & 4.  Chris, Karen, Tim, Jane & Laura. read more...


01/02/2023

Aquavita - Day 17 birthday conundrum

For Elke's birthday today we had delicious barbequed pork ribs and vegetable stir fry for lunch. Elke taught me her favorite cake recipe, together we made a nice chocolate cake. Elke was going to put the finishing touches to it, then refrigerate it for an hour before it's ready.Then something happened...Author: Jason In the late afternoon the wind direction changed. The captain decided to take down the Code 0 and replace it with the blister for downwind sailing. After the Code 0 was rolled in, we found we couldn't pull down the halyard holding the Code 0. It was badly twisted. No matter how hard the two strong men pulled with all their weight, the halyard was stuck inside the mast and not moving. Everyone came up to help in the darkness,after putting on lifevests first. I held the torch. read more...


01/02/2023

Aquavita - Day 16 third fish, first storm

This morning Daddy put the lure out trying to catch a fish for Elke's birthday tomorrow. Within 10 minutes I heard the line go off. The fish was pulling hard, it was impossible to bring it in when we were sailing at 6-7 knot speed. We had to take the jib in and change course to slow down the boat. Severin said when he took in the jib and turned the boat around, he saw a whale jumping and splashing into the water 40 meters away from the boat. He was the only lucky one who saw it.Daddy pulled the fish close to the boat, Mummy brought it in using the gaff. It was a 90cm mahi mahi✨️⭐️. It fought a lot more than the 1m mahi mahi which is weird. We were all very happy with the catch. It was an early birthday present for Elke.Author: JasonThe swell today was the biggest we have seen on the. read more...


31/01/2023

Ca Canny - Days 16&17- A birthday on board!

There was not much to report on yesterday, other than the very exciting but very brief moment where we saw a pod of dolphins! Unfortunately this time they seemed too busy to swim along with the boat and they passed us before we could get a good look at them, however our best guess is that these were bottlenose dolphins as they appeared to be grey on top as opposed to the last ones we saw which looked black and white. Today was celebration time as it is Charlie's birthday. We attempted to bake him a cake with mix we bought in Gran Canaria, but as we have recently lost use of our oven it was a microwave cake. Sadly but unsurprisingly, this did not go plan and what came out of the microwave was more of a brick than a cake, but at least the fish got a meal out of it (although we reckon it. read more...


31/01/2023

Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 16: Something fishy

I smell like a fish. I’m not telling you this because it’s something I’m proud of, but if we do meet I don’t want you to think I’m a fan of fish perfume, have some kind of serious medical condition or am trying to impersonate the Little Mermaid. Just don’t be alarmed - breathe through your mouth as we chat and you’ll hardly smell me at all. To be honest, I think it’s something I’m going to have to learn to live with - like having hairy arms, a weak bladder and alarmingly thick toenails. At first I didn’t think my scaly odour was too overpowering, but I’ve noticed the crew no longer want to sit next to me and have started whispering behind my back. I’ve consulted my husband Terry about this but he’s assured me this has nothing to do with the smell - which I’m taking as a positive.My. read more...


Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 16: Something fishy
Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 16: Something fishy
31/01/2023

Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 15: The boat quiz

On Rhapsody we are fans of (even if not very good at) the Guardian Saturday Quiz and the BBC quiz show Only Connect. It is in this vein that we invite you to answer the following:Round 1 - What links…Q) Sirens, kraken, mermaids and the NE trade winds?A) They’re all nautical myths and legendsQ) Sunshine, sausages, salad and star-filled night skies?A) Things that we had on board a week ago and would like to see againQ) Nightwatch squalls, electrical storms, westerly winds and soggy waterproofs?A) Things that we’ve experienced over the past week that we would like to never see again.Round 2 - What comes next in the sequence?Q) No wind + engine on + 10 minutes; perfect wind + spinnaker up + 10 minutes; no wind + spinnaker down + 10 minutes…A) Perfect wind + spinnaker up + 10 minutes (repeat. read more...


30/01/2023

Aquavita - Day 15 dumpling dinner

It's a raining day today so we decided to make Chinese dumplings. It's my favorite meal, homemade dumplings! We had to prepare for them all day and in the evening we made them. Everyone sits at the table and helps. One person rolls the dough while 2-3 put the filling in and fold them. Then when we have enough to fill a pot someone goes and cooks them. After they are cooked we stop working momentarily to eat the batch and then get back to work. This process continues until everyone is full and all the filling or dough is used up.The only thing was the sea was not calm at all. It made boiling dumplings in hot water in the rolling conditions very challenging. But they turned out nice as usual. We ate the dumplings with sauce made up of soy sauce, balsamic vinegar and garlic. It was so. read more...


30/01/2023

Cohiba - Day 15 maybe

Well Sunday was fun no wind at all and I mean no wind .Two Dorados and of course the biggest one got away, but the kept one fed us all with left overs fresher than fresh gorgeous.So trade winds mmmmm well maybe they come back soon. It’s very strange seeing the Atlantic so mirror like. Swimming this afternoon was fun with comedy dives and go pro action. Water maker has been working flat out all day so fresh water showers after the salty dip for everyone.Boat smells lovely again well we think so anyway.Flying fish activity is the highlight of most days, we have detained Reggie as a guest he seems quite happy spinning gently in the breeze at the back of the boat, plan is to dry him out and after that who knows !!!!!Less than a thousand miles to go now but still the wind god looks upon us. read more...


29/01/2023

Ca Canny - Days 12-15- Still going!

Not much at all to report from days 12-15, just that we tried to head further south to avoid a predicted calm spot- which we seem to have done successfully. However, yesterday (day 14) we had yet another problem with our spinnaker which wouldn't come down due to twisting. This meant that again Alan had to go up the mast at sea which is always daunting but by now he's a pro! So, that issue was resolved fairly quickly, luckily the sea was calm enough that he wasn't bashed around quite as much as the first time he tried it this trip. We have also incurred some significant damage to our main sail, with four broken batons and the top of the sail very shredded, which seems to be affecting our progress. However, morale is still high and we are all very excited to arrive in St Lucia (preferably. read more...


29/01/2023

Mistral of Portsmouth - Shelter Bay … the marina on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal

We got into the Marina at 8am and had a busy day cleaning, doing laundry, filling up with water and generally getting ourselves ready for a haul out the following day. The boat was due out of the water to have her hull cleaned and anti-fouled ahead of the sail to Galapagos where there are very strict regulations regarding the state of the boat and what we can take into the islands in terms of food e.g. no fruit with seeds, no eggs, no chicken fresh or frozen (they are worried about avian flu). We had booked ourselves into a Hotel in Colon - a 25 minute taxi ride away in the nearest town whilst the boat is out of the water.The boat came out mid afternoon. Hauling out is always scary - our 27 ton boat in a cradle being hauled by a crane onto solid ground! We watch with our hearts in our. read more...


Mistral of Portsmouth - Shelter Bay … the marina on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal
Mistral of Portsmouth - Shelter Bay … the marina on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal
29/01/2023

Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 14: Thanks a bunch, PredictWind

This passage has given us a bit of everything. Well, everything except the damn Trade Winds. They’d have been nice. Even for a day or two. Still, we live in hope. There’s a long way to go. Today, even PredictWind gave up on us. I downloaded a weather route, only to be greeted with the message: “Route failed (too shallow or too much wind)”. Very helpful, especially as neither is remotely true. It was the digital equivalent of “Where’d you want to go, mate? Ooh, I wouldn’t start from here…” Thanks a bunch, PredictWind. We’ve been making our ‘total miles sailed’ guesses for when (if?) we ever get to Rodney Bay. The prize is getting the first night’s dinner for free, and estimates are around the 3,200-mile range. So, an extra 500 miles over the direct route. Nice. And, frankly, we may be. read more...


29/01/2023

Aquavita - Day 14 breakfast with dolphins

In the morning when I was upstairs with Daddy I saw a splash in the water and I knew it couldn't be a wave. A few seconds later there were more splashes and I shouted "DOLPHINS!" The dolphins were small but there were probably 50-100 of them. It was an amazing sight. They were swimming all around the boat and through the crystal clear blue water. The baby dolphins were jumping out of the water and I got some great pictures. They were everywhere you looked and some of them had tags. Sometimes 3 of them came up right next to each other and at the exact same time. Mummy had breakfast while sitting on the "dolphin" seat in the front of the boat, watching the dolphins. They stayed with us for almost an hour.For lunch Daddy cooked a yummy barbequed steak and homemade "American" fries.For. read more...


29/01/2023

Aquavita - Day 13 baker Jason

Elke told me how to make a cake and I did almost everything from measuring the ingredients to mixing and putting it in the tray. Then we put it in the oven to bake it. Afterwards we made some small egg white treats and put them in the oven. I really enjoyed baking with her.When the whole crew was up we put the cake on a plate with some ice-cream and homemade whipped cream. Everyone loved it. I am really looking forward to what else we will cook.Author: Jason. read more...


28/01/2023

Falcon Spirit - Day 14 falcon spirit sea chantey update

Arielle’s sea chantey chronology of our first 2 weeks at sea. ——————————-Pytka’s Pirate Song Yo Ho Yo Ho A Pirate’s Life for meUpon leaving the dock, the womper blewWind and waves and chaos ensuedHowling Gails for two days straightSeasick as dogs we all became Submerged below, on your throne you sit Poseidon oh great one, please make this quick…Yo ho Yo ho A pirate’s life for me…Miles away from sight of land Into the Doldrums quite soon we land No way to make power Engine problems at handLeft with no way to reach the sand 8 hours a day on watch we stay8 hours a day we rest and play Yo ho Yo hoA pirate’s life for me…We chase the storm to win the raceMoving along at a steady pace Up and down and round we go Waves crashing on deck, can’t sleep below One perilous day turns into. read more...


Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 13: Three days to weather
Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 13: Three days to weather
28/01/2023

Rhapsody - Rhapsody - Day 13: Three days to weather

It’s day 13 on Rhapsody. We are halfway across the Atlantic. The spinnaker is packed away. The galley’s stove remains fixed at a steep and constant angle with its countertops. And my Fitbit has logged 37,000 steps during my sleep. I can now say with some certainty that trade winds are an elaborate ruse concocted to lure sailors into a false sense of security when volunteering to sleep in the V-berth on passage. As the wise saying goes: “A gentle person never sails to weather.” Luckily for the crew of Rhapsody, gentle is not how one would describe us. We are collectively approaching 100,000 miles at sea with many memories of the North Pacific still fresh in the minds of several onboard. We are a collection of salt-crusted souls with backgrounds as varied as our eclectic tastes in music.. read more...


28/01/2023

Aquavita - Day 12 half way mark

At 1030 (UTC-2) today, 11 days after leaving Las Palmas, we reached the half way mark. We did about 1530nm so far and have about 1500nm left to go in a straight line. The direct course from Gran Canaria to St Lucia is about 2700nm. But we couldn't exactly go along a straight line due to wind directions. With the southern then western angles we did about 300nm extra. That makes the total journey over 3000nm.I made a roast leg of lamb in the oven that took 2.5 hours to cook yesterday, by the time it was ready half the crew were in bed. To celebrate the half way mark today we enjoyed a roast lamb lunch with fresh roasted vegetables, a perfect midway menu in the middle of the Atlantic.Author: Yvette "It's better than most lamb dishes we had in restaurants." -Jason. read more...