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Kaizen - 100lb fish: What a WHOPPER!!!!
Kaizen - 100lb fish: What a WHOPPER!!!!
Kaizen - 100lb fish: What a WHOPPER!!!!
Kaizen - 100lb fish: What a WHOPPER!!!!
04/12/2020

Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 12

Tout d’abord, nous avons appris dans la matinée l’arrivée des 2 premiers bateaux de cet ARC 2020 (le TS 42 Banzai de Vincent Willemart et le JP 54 de Jean pierre Dick)...Toute nos félicitations a tous les 2 qui ont fait une superbe course. Nous n’avons malheureusement jamais pu les recoller suite aux écarts créés dans les premiers jours de course...Ces dernières 24h à bord de Naviguons contre le diabète Force 28 ont été calme il a fallu garder notre calme… quoi de plus agaçant que d’avoir des fichiers météo qui nous informent que le vent de secteur E -SE devrait assez rapidement prendre de la gauche pour passer E-NE…. Cette rotation tant attendue était indispensable pour empanner et avoir un cap quasi directe vers l’arrivée....Toute la journée, les différents barreurs (on se relaiela. read more...


Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 12
Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 12
04/12/2020

Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 11 - Satanées sargasses

Quelles sont les 2 choses qui agacent le plus un coureur de course au large lors d’une transatlantique ?La première chose est l’absence de vent...En effet, comment réussir à traverser le plus vite possible à la voile sans vent? En croisière cela a beaucoup moins d’importance mais en course cela est le sujet majeur qui alimente les discussions quasi permanente d’un équipage...« quand le vent va rentrer? Avec quelle force? Va t’il prendre de la droite ou de la gauche? Est ce que le fichier météo est fiable? Etc...... ». Hier, nous n’avons pas échappé à la règle ..Nos yeux ont été rivés en permanence vers l’anémomètre et nos discussions communes ont très largement tournés autour de ce fameux vent car nous avons subi notre 3ème journée avec un vent très faible compris entre 8 et 11nds de. read more...


04/12/2020

Rush - Day 13 - Slow progress!

Apologies for the radio silence! Sailing has been interesting, tough but rewarding over the past 2 days and our last blog. We are all in good spirits and loving being out here on the water.Starting from the night before last and following another unsuccessful day of fishing with the green lure (the lure has now been relieved of duty), we went in to a squally nights sailing with very different conditions experienced for each of the 3 watches. There were multiple sail changes as the wind shifted, increased and dropped driven by passing clouds. This was pretty taxing and required constant sailing input (not an autopilot and watch for shooting stars kinda night) to keep the boat moving and pointing relatively in the right direction. The day broke and the conditions remained the same, with. read more...


Rush - Day 13 - Slow progress!
Rush - Day 13 - Slow progress!
Rush - Day 13 - Slow progress!
Rush - Day 13 - Slow progress!
04/12/2020

Khelios - Khelios, jour 12, ocean, climat, n’importe quoi !?

Bonjour à tous chers amis terriens,Mes expériences passées à travers l’Océan Atlantique, que ce soit en Mini 6.50, Class40 ou encore en IRC, m’ont permis de découvrir cette immensité, ses phénomènes et systèmes météorologiques et de courants marins, dans lesquels évoluent de nombreuses espèces d’oiseaux et de mammifères marins. Là, à ma grande surprise, je dois dire que nous n’avons vraiment pas croisé grande activité animale ni biodiversité ! Est-ce normal, est-ce un marqueur de notre temps, de l’impact de nos activités ou des changements des équilibres naturels entre les grands courants marins et atmosphériques, comme la circulation thermohaline? Je ne saurais le dire, mais pour illustrer ces perturbations environnementales, nos dernières 40 heures passés dans ce qu’on appelle. read more...


04/12/2020

Moonflower 3 - A cheddar too far?

Our gybe yesterday afternoon was a resounding success – swell and winds are now with us as we approach the final third of the rally. The gybe is out, we’re coming in hot!A nearly 2 weeks at sea is starting to take its toll on our sanity…A tragedy occurred yesterday afternoon when cabin boy Jake Usman played a little prank on the crew. In an effort to raise team spirits, jester Jake placed our 2.5 kilo prized cheddar into our fishing net, hung it off the back of the boat, and took up the cry, ‘Fish! I’ve caught a fish!”. A classic gag that aroused appropriate enjoyment from Skipper Chloe and deck hands, Norbury and Felstead. But things then took a horrible turn… Urged on the by the raucous laughter of his fellow morons, Jake staged the dramatic capture of the freshly caught cheese, which. read more...


04/12/2020

Montana - Blog 3

Last night we had the biggest squall ever. It last for several hours, heavy rain, no sight, lots of lightning and thunder. When the rain stopped and we thought it’s over, the wind picked up to 30Kn. We had to bind in the 2. Reef in the main during the night.Today arrived sunshine and good conditions, but still variable. The work is going on.--. read more...


04/12/2020

Peter von Seestermühe - Bericht 3, 4.Dezember. Rotwein

Weitere Tage sind auf See vergangen und wir befinden uns inzwischen deutlich südlich des nördlichen Sonnenwendekreises. In der Folge sind die Nächte so warm, dass ein Poloshirt zur Shorts ausreicht. Hatten wir noch die letzten Tagen auf unserer nördlichen Route gute 20kn Wind, wodurch wir entsprechende Etmale von >180 Meilen fuhren, so haben wir die ausgebaumte Genua gegen den 180m^2 Spi getauscht. Der Vorgänger war uns vor 3 Tagen in einer Bö entzwei gerissen. Als Ausgleich spendierte der Skipper eine Flasche Rotwein zum Abendbrot, die ich gleichmäßig auf die 10 Crewmitglieder aufteilen sollte - eine kleine Herausforderung, sah ich mich doch bisher nie in die Lage versetze 1 (!) Flasche Wein zu zehnteln. Die Angelei gestaltet sich derzeit ganz erfolgreich, mit zwei Schleppleinen. read more...


03/12/2020

Jubilate Mare - Hooray!

It's me again - hope you're glad to hear from me. Well we passed the half way mark, yesterday, without further incident. We cheered and sounded the horn and I captured the sunset for prosperity. We decided to have a bottle of fizz tomorrow in celebration of the event and also as Birthday Bubbles for our boat baby who will turn 29. Strangely enough on our Eastward crossing, in 2018, our then boat baby, Bruno, also turned 29. He will be joining us in SL to crew for World Arc along with Kieron who was with us on the same trip. We have had an incredible day's sailing averaging 7.1 knots and we are currently lying half way within our group. We actually managed to listen in on the SSB today. A number of boats have been fortunate to have caught fish and filleting andrecipes were discussed. We. read more...


04/12/2020

Escapado - 3rd December

A full day, time to dry out, reorganise the wet mess below deck and celebrate the ‘less than 1000 miles to go’ point. We had Tom up the mast again to retrieve a halyard while Charlie and myself used the drone in the light winds, unfortunately having no SD card meant we didn’t get any clear footage however a screen recording still captures the moment. A whale and a pod of dolphins followed us for a while however with winds picking up the spinnaker had to come down and we lost sight of the whale, it was an exciting moment on deck for everyone!. read more...


04/12/2020

Escapado - 2nd December

Our wettest day yet: hoods up, salopettes on and a lot of chocolate to get us through the shifts, we embraced the wet weather. In fact myself, Tom and Ed completed our second bucket shower assisted by Charlie‘s constant supply of buckets of sea water and Donato’s smooth helming - we freshened up well mid storm!As the evening shifts started, crew watch out bought the squals with them.Lightning surrounded us at one point, phones went in the oven and we hove to, sitting out the storm below deck. The watches were intense however it was some of the best and most exciting helming of the trip!. read more...


03/12/2020

Kaizen - Becalmed in the great blue

Last night, we had some exciting sailing as we meandered between some sporadic squalls and their lightning displays. The rain was greatly welcomed as it pressure washed salt off the boat. This morning, we have found ourselves becalmed and have put the engine on to power through. Analysis shows that most of the fleet has no wind today and we believe that over 50% of the fleet are motoring like ourselves. We expect the extended becalming to last a few days, maybe even as far as St Lucia, especially to our NW.With our alternator broken, we need to motor for best economy rather than best speed because of the added fuel consumption required to run the generator to charge the batteries rather than using the engine to do this. Captain has been working out how far our remaining 625l of diesel. read more...


Kaizen - Becalmed in the great blue
Kaizen - Becalmed in the great blue
03/12/2020

Tohuwabohu - leg 2 day 10

So the last part of day 9 was spent dismantling a 12 volt kettle to use the parts to make a standalone auto pilot (ram driven) into an operational state. We have seemingly got to grip with sailing when we have wind with the hydro vane and can hold a good course over the ground, adjusting for light winds and so on.I think on a transatlantic crossing it is useful to have a similar product that uses the wind as it is free steering (4th member) and doesn’t consumer any energy, which is key on a small sailing boat.Having marked the positions and extended the auto ram on the pilot we just needed to fix this to the super structure and plug it in using the 12volt dismantled kettle. It worked ! Finally we have an auto correcting (doesn’t calculate drift) pilot that can be used in stead of hand. read more...


02/12/2020

Tohuwabohu - leg 2 day 8/9

Yesterday was Tuesday, 1st December, 14 days before flight home, 24 days to do the remainder of any Christmas shopping.The wind dropped no we were completely becalmed which is another experience, so much ocean and no wind no waves, lots of sun.The best thing that we could do was take a mid ocean Atlantic swim. With a tethered line sent out the stern of the boat and a fender attached to it to keep it buoyant, I took the first dunk, this was an experience, the water was very salty, however it was crystal blue and under the water it was the deepest blue colour I have ever seen.The temperature was like bath water, warm and not too hot.I have been told that the ocean is like a desert and there are vast areas of nothing.This is true because I didn’t see anything apart from a quick inspection. read more...


03/12/2020

Moonflower 3 - Fish Fingers

P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}OK, we’re back after that short break! Thanks for bearing with us yesterday as we battled our festive blues.Team Moonflower is back to full force, the wind has picked up and our meteorologist, Chris has given us a hot tip off: to throw in a gybe this afternoon and head more South West as we close in on the Caribbean.We may well have pioneered an ARC tradition yesterday evening – after all, how many participants can say they caught a 30 lbs dorado and made beer battered fish finger sandwiches for dinner?The sunset yesterday was out of this world, and as the moon is rising later each night, we’re starting to get some spectacular starry skies. Time has become meaningless for us as we cross the Meridian lines and live by our watch rota. Other than Jake, who. read more...


03/12/2020

For Tuna - Log 3 - Day 17

Hello Sailors,whoever says atlantic crossings are boring please try again;) after chasing a few squalls yesterday the wind left us again...and so did our mainsail...it slowly fell down and decided to take a rest - in the pitch dark night (it was still cloudy all around us) we tried to figure out what happened: the halyard sheet on the head of the furler inside the mast loosened, some single strands first and slowly the whole knot came undone - we managed to fold the sail in nicely and it was time to walk up the mast - armed with a small weight and a fishing line to guide a new halyard sheet through the mast…it took us 5 hours until all was done and the sail is back up again - right when we finished a slow squall hit us and bathed the whole boat in rain - so Simon could finally test his. read more...


For Tuna - Log 3 - Day 17
For Tuna - Log 3 - Day 17
03/12/2020

Nikajuma - Day 10 - 830 nm to go

Based in Zürich we are used to having no wind, but still we were not prepared for this. Since 2 days we have wind in the single digit kts regime. But the sun is shining, the mood is good and we have enough food until ... don't ask. The kids have fun with their advents calender and I am enjoying an alcohol free beer. This tastes like paradise after 10 days of water, juice and soft drinks. And we finally cought a fish. After high waves , seaweedfields and two fish that got away we landed a 95cm Wahoo tonight. I almost feel like the old man and the sea. Except the fish is different and our boat bigger.Life is good...-- Grüsse von der nikajuma. read more...


02/12/2020

Jubilate Mare - Day 7 - Weather & Wildlife!

Yesterday we 'slipped' our first hour.We will repeattwice more, at 5 day intervals; this means when we get to SL we will just have to turn our clocks back one hour to be on local time. Today has been glorious, we've managed to outrun a couple of squalls and seen a lovely rainbow. A school of dolphins played around the boat for a long time and the excited crew took lots of photos and videos. Pete left the cockpit to adjust something and found the first flying fish of our trip, dried out on the deck. I'm sure we will find lots more in the days to come. When we did the crossing, in 2017, I remember being enchanted, watching a shoal leaping the waves. It was magical - they resembled a small flock of flying, silver birds.Elaine spotted a bird today and one can only wonder what it was doing so. read more...


02/12/2020

Jubilate Mare - Highs and Lows!

Welcome to everyone who has chosen to log on to read this. Where shall I start? I guess where I left off would be a good idea. Well, shortly after the initial euphoria (we should have known it was too good to be true) things started to go down hill. A familiar sound of flip, flop, slap, could be heard as the cc struggled to deal with the inadequate amount of air around to fill her.Then the wind died to nothing.So we reluctantlywound in our beautiful, rainbow sail and motored overnight.Up she went again the following day and all was well, this is it we thought (foolishly!) plain sailing straight to SL. Winds are looking good and we are maintaining a great pace to make up for lost time. An uneventful, pleasant overnight sail under a full moon, enjoyed by all watches and squalls avoided.. read more...


02/12/2020

Rush - Day 11- It’s all about Sailor Ted

Sailor Ted decided today that now his fur coat has acclimatised to the sun he was going to get his top off and put on his speedos. I found him first sunning himself on the aft deck, then chilling in the cockpit. As it was such a lovely day he said to me “Can I please have a steer” and I said “Why of course you can Sailor Ted” and he spent some hours (still in his speedos) driving the good ship. What a good job he did and we made great progress today straight down the rhumb line, good old Sailor Ted.The green fushing lures replacement, the orange and red squiddy fishy thingy went for a swim today, also failed to catch a fish. I reckon it’s back to trusty pink and blue squids, they never fail.After cracking the 1000 miles to go in the early hours of today we now have an 8 at the beginning,. read more...


Rush - Day 11- It’s all about Sailor Ted
Rush - Day 11- It’s all about Sailor Ted
Rush - Day 11- It’s all about Sailor Ted
Rush - Day 11- It’s all about Sailor Ted
Rush - Day 11- It’s all about Sailor Ted
Rush - Day 11- It’s all about Sailor Ted
02/12/2020

Cloudy Bay - 2 Dec: Gennie, sun and an even bigger fish

We are still sailing strong :D All through the night, not fast and not so stable either. With the morning the sun and the wind came out and Gennie (as we call the gennaker now) is loving it! She is pulling us like a real hero. The whole day has been sunny and super warm. We all have been lazy laying around, reading, eating and napping in the shade. Just another nice day out at the wide open ocean. And then while preparing dinner, the fishing line went ppfffrrrrrrrr... The fish was putting up a decent fight and as it comes closer to the boat we can see it’s a beautiful big Mahi-mahi. It’s swimming just below the surface from left to right in all its blue/green yellow glory! As we hook it and pull it on board, it starts to change color :o The yellow disappears and the blue is getting more. read more...


Cloudy Bay - 2 Dec: Big boy
Cloudy Bay - 2 Dec: Big boy
02/12/2020

Blown Away - Midway

Yesterday we reached mid Atlantic!Had a perfect days sailing, spinnaker upand We are flying! Christmas decorations, advent calendars, large bar of chocolate and an amazing full moon , making night watch’s lovely.During the nightthe weather system of low pressure moving south, we had lines of squalls and wind shifts, down to 1 reef in main and just the jib and Broad reaching for the rest of the day....back to Quite bumpy day on the ocean, as it’s interesting going up and down the stairs for me .FullSizeRender. read more...


Blown Away - Midway
Blown Away - Midway
02/12/2020

Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 10

Cette vacation n’est pas simple à écrire tant ces dernières 24h ont été éprouvantes pour le moral…. Si nous mettons la course de côté, nous dirions que c’est 24h ont été reposantes physiquement puisque nous avons réalisé un seul empannage dans 11nds de vent… Seulement lorsqu’on est compétiteur, en encore plus dans la course au large où l’on ne maîtrise pas Eole, il est difficile de passer une journée à attendre du vent frais pour faire avancer le bateau plus vite… Nous avons fait que 150 miles ces derniers 24h, alors qu’il y a 3 jours nous en avions fait plus de 320… Comme si l’absence de vent n’était pas suffisant, nous avons croisé aujourd’hui pleins de sargasses (algues) nous ralentissant encore un peu plus… Nous avons même dû une fois affalé le Spi max, pour arrêter le bateau et. read more...


02/12/2020

Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 9 - veille aux grains

La nuit précédente a été synonyme avec vigilance. Même si les conditions de vent et de mer étaient agréables, la vigilance a été le maître mot pour tout l’équipage lors de leur quart respectif.En effet, l’activité nuageuse a été intense avec la formation de nombreux grains plus ou moins importants. La difficulté avec les grains est qu’ils se forment très vite à partir d’une petite masse nuageuse et qu’ils ne se déplacent pas toujours comme le vent synoptique. Même si ces derniers ont été menaçant, nous avons réussi à les éviter et à glisser entre.La journée a été relativement tranquille même si nous avons eu les yeux en permanence scrutés vers le ciel pour surveiller ces fameux grains qui nous ont accompagnés durant cette dernière.L’équipage a pu profité de cette journée un peu molle. read more...


Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 9 - veille aux grains
Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 9 - veille aux grains
02/12/2020

Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 8 - Les journées se suivent mais ne se ressemblent pas…

Nous étions persuadé que la course à la voile n’était pas un long fleuve tranquille et que les jours ne se ressemblaient pas forcément, et bien nous en avons eu la démonstration ce jour....Alors que la nuit a été très agréable avec de belles glissades sous Spi max, le lever du jour a été un peu plus compliqué. En effet, au petit matin, le ciel était très chargé en nébulosité, avec une multitude de grains présents autour de nous. Indépendamment du fait que ces grains peuvent être violents et dangereux, ilsperturbent complètement le vent synoptique.Un grain est passé à 3 miles de notre étrave provoquant une perturbation du vent terrible. En quelques minutes seulement, alors que nous avions un vent de 18 nds au 90 (venant de l’est), le vent est passé à 8 nds au 170 (venant du sud). Nous. read more...


02/12/2020

Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 7 - record battu

Nous voilà déjà dans le 6ème jour de course et nous devons avouer que nous n’avons pas vu le temps passer.Les conditions de la nuit dernière ont été exceptionnelles où les éléments naturels étaient en phase : la pleine lune était généreuse, apportant une luminosité incroyable permettant de distinguer chaque vague ; la mer était ordonnée avec une puissance agréable où la fréquence des vagues étaient en phase avec la vitesse de notre fidèle compagnon FORCE 28ll ; le vent était chaud et constant autour de 20-22 Nds, nous permettant de tenir une bonne moyenne.Au petit déjeuner collectif de ce matin, tout le monde était d’accord pour dire que la conjonction parfaite de ces 3 éléments étaient juste exceptionnelles et très rares au milieu de l’Atlantique. Nous avons tous vécu un moment magique. read more...


Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 7 - record battu
Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 7 - record battu
02/12/2020

Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 6 - Plaisir, plaisir

La nuit du 26 au 27/11 a été très agréable car nous avons la chance d’avoir une quasi pleine lune nous permettant d’avoir un spectacle magique et unique…. nous distinguions les vagues venir par notre 3/4 arrière tribord, poussant le bateau au surf. .Quelques grains sont passés par notre tribord ou notre bâbord mais sans jamais nous perturber. Durant la nuit nous avons du affaler le Spi max pour passer sous Spi de brise car le vent est monté à 25nds établis pendant quelques heures. En fin de nuit, le vent ayant molli (20 nds établis), nous avons décidé de renvoyer le Spi max pour maintenir une vitesse importante...Au petit matin, nous avons passé avec Jérôme beaucoup de temps sur la stratégie météo car les nouveaux fichiers reçus étaient quelques peu differents des fichiers des jours. read more...


Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 6 - Plaisir, plaisir
Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 6 - Plaisir, plaisir
02/12/2020

Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 5 - Un atelier couture gagnant

Suite au déchirement de notre Spi de brise hier, nous avons été dans l’obligation de naviguer sous-toilé toute la nuit car le vent était trop fort pour notre spi max et la direction du vent ne convenait pas à une autre voile que nous avions à bord (le code 0). Cet handicap nous a fait perdre beaucoup de terrain sur nos concurrents directs… Mais c’est ainsi et il faut l’accepter...Au petit matin, suite à une légère rotation du vent, nous avons pu envoyer le code 0 pour avoir plus de puissance. Une fois l’équipage réveillé, nous avons installé notre atelier de réparation de Spi sur les 2 tables du carré : pas moins de 5 membres d’équipage étaient sur le sujet, pendant que le 6ème gérait la bonne marche du bateau. Il a fallu 3h pour réparer ce dernier et ainsi le sauver… Yes, la course. read more...


02/12/2020

Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 4 - La journée d’hier fut comme prévu mouvementée !

Jour 4Après un début de nuit relativement paisible sous 15-18nds, le vent s’est renforcé en milieu de nuit autour de 22-25nds nous obligeant à affaler le spi max et passer sous Spi de brise.Au changement de quart, vers 23h30, Cyrille C s’est ouvert le crâne en se cognant dans un siège de barre après le passage d’une grosse vague. .À la différence de la première transat, seul un pansement compressif a suffit. L’avantage c’est qu’il n’a pas besoin de se tatouer à chaque transat, il ramène une cicatrise sur le crâne. Au petit matin, le vent est encore monté pour s’établir à 30nds dans un secteur ENE nous obligeant à passer sous code 0.Nous avons pu renvoyé un Spi en début d’après avec toujours 25 nds de vent.En fin d’après midi, par mesure de précaution, à l’approche d’un grain, nous avons. read more...


Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 4 - La journée d’hier fut comme prévu mouvementée !
Naviguons Contre Le Diabete - Jour 4 - La journée d’hier fut comme prévu mouvementée !
02/12/2020

Kaizen - Our first boat breakage

We expected that there would of course be some boat problems during this crossing. It is said that an Atlantic crossing is equivalent to three seasons of coastal sailing. We prepared and preempted this as much as possible by carrying out our scheduled maintenance projects early. We made lists of likely problems and made sure we had plenty of spares onboard. However, what went wrong today did not even feature on our lists. During Captain’s routine check this morning, he discovered that one of the three mountings that hold our brand new Mastervolt 4.2kW domestic alternator to the engine had broken. We switched out the 17 year old existing one to keep as a spare back in February. The function of an alternator, if you are not familiar, is to charge our main batteries whilst the engine is. read more...


Kaizen - Our first boat breakage
Kaizen - Our first boat breakage
02/12/2020

Moonflower 3 - Boxing Day

P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}Today has been a little slow in the Moonflower house. No doubt partially owed to the festive feasting yesterday which spanned several hours, culminating with a particularly large swell, causing the entire Christmas spread to slide off the dining room tableonto the floor. It wouldn’t be Christmas without a bit of drama though.   We’ll be back in full force tomorrow – usual boxing day lethargy at the moment. Reading, watching films and, in Jake’s case, playing Pokémon yellow.  Will have to hold off on our boxing day walk though...  Lot’s of love,  Your Moonflowers xxxxxx . read more...


02/12/2020

Ydalir II - Log Ydalir II Halfway over the Atlantic

N 12´59,8477W 43´05,287 On Tuesday, December 1, with 1078NM made good and still 1078NM to go, we start to celebrate this special halfway over the Atlantic day. The day begin with a Dan excercise: He has found a solution for our watermaker problem. The watermaker is driven by our Panda generator, and as salt water waves flushed over the stern and through the vents into the inverter of the generator, it had got out of function some days ago. We still had sufficient fresh water to survive to St. Lucia, but it is troublesome to manage with a strict water conservation role. Now Dan disconnected the power from the generator to the watermaker, and connected it to the standard inverter instead and the watermaker made fresh water again! We were very delighted and Dan is now. read more...


02/12/2020

Nikajuma - Day 9 - 935 nm to go

New estimated time of arrival: 22.12. The plotter does not tell of which year. What to do when you are stuck inthe middle of the Atlantic Ocean and the Wind is switched off? One day: very nice. Do some cooking, boatworks, washing and day-SPA. Then we motored a while to run our watermaker. Also christmas is approaching, so we did some crafty things. Let's hope for wind tomorrow.-- Grüsse von der nikajuma. read more...


01/12/2020

Rush - Day 10- 1000 miles to go!

1st of December, the Christmas period has started, we had Christmas music, advent calendars and a constant request from Louis and Summer for the Christmas tree to be put up. But to summers frustration the tree is hidden somewhere onboard and isn’t due to come out till later on in the month, down to Ians discretions as he is the only one onboard who knows the whereabouts of the magical tree.Sailing wise, today has been an on and off day, with some big wind shifts as well as the wind picking up and down driven by rain clouds passing over, near and around us. The good ship Rush has required quite a bit of attention on the set up and sail choices although she has been sailing very nicely and I think we have done a good job finding the balance between sending it and enjoying the conditions to. read more...