Daily Logs

Almagores II - fishing

 AS you all  have noticed we have chosen to sail as south as we could to stay i n calm fishing waters. Our cook wants only top fish to accommodate His level of culinary flamboyancy and the crew have decided to award him this small favor. We are almost halfway and the champagne is in the fridgeAwaiting this historical moment. By our calculation this should be somewhere tomorrow. Some of us have bragged that the champagne will force them For a celebrity swim to commemorate this latitude. We will see if our captain Frans will give us  some leeway and latitude on this mutinous matter.We will send some pictures on the Sailblog as soon as we get halfway. At the moment we still have to travel 1600 nautical miles to st lucia s .We are enjoying this perspective since we still have. read more...

Xplorer of Hamble - Xplorer - Sailing Update

Xplorer – Sailing Update I have now decided to take back control of the laptop from Tin Tin and write a sailing update rather than hear more abusive tales about his shipmates. He has been keel-hauled for insubordination and is now fixed firmly in the saloon with heavy duty Velcro!We are now about 250 miles west of the Cape Verde islands. We seem to have been about this distance from Cape Verde for a long time. Having headed south we turned west about 250 miles north of these islands and have been on a never ending arc around the west side. We are now almost 1000 miles from Las Palmas and just over a third of the way across.The first week has been characterised by cloudy skies, rain on and off, and variable winds. Most days the weather has resembled a summer day in the English Channel.. read more...

La Capitana - Log 3, First Advent

Only just over 800 miles to go! Days are running out and see you in St.Lucia next Sunday – the third of December.  271116_advent1. read more...

Gwendoline - 7. day at sea

S/Y Gwendoline M - Atlanterhavskryds27. november. 11.50 UTC.On bord Lene, Bente, Annette, Maiken, Oliver, Orla og KimPosition: 19.53.985N 22.20.460WYesterday morning, Lene got up early and backed fresh buns for all of us, so we, for the first time on this trip, got freshly backed buns for breakfast - uhmm.After such a delightful morning start, we called Lene's sister Pia on our satellite phone and surprised her with a little birthday song on her birthday. She was very surprised and happy for our call.We have had dolphin visits many times - and yesterday Maiken got the most awesome underwater video of them. We also found time to do some yoga and exercise on the for deck. Actually it was the ladies who did all the hard work, as Oliver was below deck entertaining himself with his play. read more...

Sanya - blog sanya

Atlantische Oceaan 2016-11-26Sanya Lan uit Hainan, tegenwoordig Sanya uit BresjesIk dacht, ik moet iets schrijven, en dan niet het gebruikelijke, maar echt iets over de Sanya. Iedereen heeft wel een soort droom, de iin wil door Azik trekken, de ander een berg beklimmen, een keer parachute springen enzovoort. Ik daarentegen dacht dat het leuk zou zijn om ooit eens de oceaan over te steken. Met deze gedachte kreeg ik de mogelijkheid om op de Sanya Lan, uit Hainan, tegenwoordig de Sanya uit Bresjes, die gedachte om te zetten in werkelijkheid. "20 november:Start Gran Canaria - Saint Lucia"Vandaag is het zover, we vertrekken uit Gran Canaria voor de oversteek naar Saint Lucia. We zitten met zijn 17'en op de boot. De crew kent elkaar, de 'passagiers' niet, dus spannend voor iedereen. Het. read more...

Beltana II - Pescatorial pursuits and Beltana II goes Go-Pro mad

Well the skipper is facing some serious dilemmas; he is worried that thehigh level of fishing success may interfere with serious boat tasks but he hascommanded a fish curry for dinner this evening.  The absence of breezetoday has both heightened and eased this terrible quandary.  So far thefishing score today is yet to get off the mark but that probably will occur justafter we get sa iling and have the boat moving nicely.  Fortunately plenty of(marvelously sized) Mahi Mahi in the fridge from yesterday!!!!   The swimming expedition proved to be a great opportunity for inspecting thehull with a Go-Pro video.......all lovely and clean.......and to conduct thefirst auditions for the Beltana II AquaAerobics Gymnastics Free Form videoingteam; John Martin has been selected.. read more...

Beltana II - Day 8 on Beltana = Romckes Whale Watching and Ocean Swimming Gala......the Equatorial Atlantic or the Whitsundays?

Wow we just saw a beautiful little whale, I reckon she was a smallhumpback, but Paul as usual has contrary view and tips a pilot whale.  Shemade a shallow dive then was spotted again and we changed course to get nice andclose and she changed course to intercept us really close – she was just ascurious as we were. She had lots of deep breathes and then dove behind our sternand disappeared.  Last night was chicken green curry night – very nice indeed – this dish wasprepared by a combination of Graham (another rold family recipe he assured us)and finished by Paul. Final prep on the day is by Graham.  The freezer isoperating at the best it ever has. no problem is generating ice for whisky andrum last night (not too much though we are on watch you know – but Paul keepssaying “. read more...

Faraway - Faraway log 78, N 19.53.51 W 28.47.47, 27 November 2016

As anticipated we are now in an area with less wind, crossing from the north towards the south, where we hope to pick up the trade winds. We could still sail most of yesterday. We have been using the engine since midnight though. Sea state is very calm and this morning we have stopped the boat for an extensive breakfast, swimming and some maintenance jobs. The swimming was fantastic and some of us are still sunbathing now. We are enjoying the weather and care less about boat speed at the moment.Yesterday we celebrated Els her birthday. She was off-watch the entire day, the boat was nicely decorated, she received coffee in bed and many gifts. The sunset yesterday evening was gorgeous and we played Pink Floyd and Roger Waters loudly whilst watching it and drinking GTs. Life sucks....Day. read more...

Gatsby - Tag 8 - Fäden ziehen und Sonne

Heute durften bei Elias die Fäden von seiner kleinen Kopfplatzwunde gezogen werden. Ronny hat sich da ran gewagt. Genäht wurde Elias noch auf Las Palmas.Seit heute morgen haben wir Sonne und blauen Himmel. Endlich! Es herrscht reger Funkverkehr mit der Betelgeuse, die ebenfalls die Kap Verden anlaufen.Ansonsten tauchen immer wieder andere Schiffe auf dem Plotter auf, die aber nicht in Sichtweite liegen.Das schöne Wetter wird zum Sonnenbaden und Krafttanken genutzt. Wir dürfen leider vom Skipper nicht baden, da wir doch 10-15 Knoten Wind haben. Aber dafür können wir herrlich segeln!Heute Nacht kommen wir in der Marina Mindelo an. Es sind noch 86nm. Gegessen wir weiter sehr köstlich an Bord.Liebe Grüße aus der Sonne,Sophie. read more...

Tulla Mhor - Day 7: Our 1st squall

I was going to call this posting ‘Where is the wind?’ but some wind foundus. We went south and have been in very light winds for the last 3 days withcruising chute up and down and making very slow progress.The squall came during the day with all on deck so we took down thecruising chute, 2 reefs in the main and found our oilskins. It was quite an evillooking cloud with a water spout and we could not sail round it. I had wondered before if I would be able to recognise a squall on radar sowe could spot them at night. There is no problems. They look like angry largered spots on the screen heading straight for us. As the wind picked up the rain came in torrents making the sea very flat.When we were in the middle of it the wind decreased and eventually the squallpassed. We have had quite a. read more...

Pauline af Skanör - Log day 7 - Half way there!

Rapport 7 från vår waypoint 25 Nord, 39 Väst sön 27 nov. kl 12.00Pauline tid (UTC=GMT +1 h)Hej VännerTänk att vi prickar den punkt på havet som vi ställde upp somarbetshypotes för en vecka sedan med bara ett par sjömils avvikelse.Strategin har varit klar hela vägen. Vi siktar nu på att liggaparallellt med storcirkel från Las P till St Lucia (vår storcirkelhärifrån till mål). Lågtrycket som låg och lurade i närheten har nubestämt sig för att vika ner sig för oss när vi kom till vår waypoint.Natten till söndag har präglats av lätta vindar 7-12 knots men vi hartrots detta snittat runt 7 knop hela natten. Det kom ett vrid påvinden med 45 grader vid 6-tiden och vi gippade för att inte seglatill Florida. Det gjorde valet självklart hur vi skulle segla vidaremot st Lucia.Vinden har sedan. read more...

Endeavour of Cork - Day 11 - Sunday 27th November - Denise

Day 11 - Sunday 27th November - DeniseCan't believe its day 11.Now about my hair....I have been having really bad hair days, but yesterday my wonderful daughter came to the rescue, we stopped for a swim and Laura appeared with shower gel and shampoo. So when we were finished playing around in the water we both washed our hair and bodies. then used a very small amount of fresh water from the outside tap to rinse, and hey presto...clean hair. Just to make myself feel really well, I proceeded to use my O de Curl and apply the Clairins body moisturiser and I was me again! If only for a short time.Getting back to my wonderful daughter for a moment, she's only 16 and the only member of the Phelan family who actually dislikes sailing, in fact she has a fear of propellors and is not too crazy. read more...

White Satin - Awe and Wonder

Sunday 27th November957 miles sailed (in 10 more miles we will hit one third of our estimated journey length of 2,900)1925 to goFirstly apologies to David for 'correcting incorrectly' his spelling of'poring' in yesterday's log.Much of the talk throughout the day is about trying to predict how many dayswe will be at sea.This is virtually impossible in actual fact as we stilldo not know what conditions lie ahead.We are marking our noon position onthe chart Vicki used to mark the position of Northern Child in 2006 and arekeeping remarkably close to her track.The trade winds should kick in atabout a latitude of 17 degrees, currently we are 19 degrees and 3 minutes N,there are 60 minutes in a degree and each minute is 1 nautical mile so weare currently 120+ miles from that area - at least one. read more...

M one - Auf der Zielgeraden

Sonntag 27.11.16 Bordzeit 11.00 Uhr Der 12 Tag Auf der Zielgeraden "Nur" noch 600 NM bis zum Regattaziel.Nach fast 4.500 NM von Mallorca zu unserem jetzigen Standort 14,5 grad Nord und50,2 Grad West ein überschaubarer Weg.Wir hoffen am Donnerstag die Ziellinie queren zu können und unser Ziel st. Lucia erreicht zu haben.Viel länger kann die Crew die Entbehrungen auch nicht mehr aushalten.Insbesondere bei Michael und Frank bahnt sich ein ausgeprägter trockenschaden an. Beiden zusammen ist es gelungen die 32 Hektoliter Gerstensaft die wir an Bord hatten nahezu vollständig zu vernichten. Damit konnten Sie dem Rest der Crew einen langanhaltenden alloholschaden ersparen.Zurecht wurde ihnen deshalb gemeinsam die Auszeichnung "Held der Arbeit" verliehen.Hoffen wir,dass sie bis zum Ende der Reise. read more...

Hanse Sailor - Singing in the rain

“25:36,67N 33:01,50W”   After a uneventful day we set about dodging squlls al night and heading upnorth (to north for my liking ) to keep above the high we had a bumpy butsuccessful run with speeds between 7 and 10 reefed in and missing most of theunfriendly weather . Awaken by the last of the squalls we decided we should dothe norm and get shower gel on ready for the last squall as per usual we endedup using the bucket of sea water over us instead. drying of with towels andgetting ready for breakfast the rain came down we had a scene from dancing inthe rain. what else do you want on a sunday morning . sun, warm rain, sitinglooking at those unlucky yacht further down who didn't get out of last nightsheavy weather . we have now turned down south to try to get though the gapbetween. read more...

Challenger 3 - CF416 ARC 2016 CH3 - Blog 2016-11-27

Dear All What a great performance I Witnesses last night. It all looked like a well-tuned orchestra! You all certainly tried to get the best from your instruments!And then there was the conductor high above you, balancing on the pulpit, hair blowing wildly around her face, both arms lifted, baton in hand!All of you illuminated by the decklight, setting a dramatic scenery. It looked fantastic!And then there was the director, looking on from the side curtain, making sure all went smoothly - untethered mind - shouting "I declare this bazaar open!"To enhance the dramatic scenario, he chucked a few buckets of water on you!What a show! I'm so happy to be part of such a brilliant team, although I can only watch the drama!A helmsmans view.Ralf  Saturday 26thAn action packed couple of. read more...

Somnium - Paul Part 1: Waking Up

Look, I’m not saying it’s particularly interesting or anything, and I wouldn’t like to bore you about it, but whenever I wake up, wherever I am, I always think I’m in my own bed at home. Before the old grey matter kicks in, my eyes gently open and I stare at the ceiling wondering whether the place was redecorated by the tooth fairy.This morning, I woke up to a familiar ringing noise, and an unfamiliar mattress. I could tell by the foam mattress that it was not my bed. My mattress is pocket sprung. That was the first hint that I wasn’t at home.A gentle ring.I peeped one eye open with the lazy suspiciousness of a dog that has heard a food wrapper. It was dark, and my bed was spinning as though I had had rather a jolly time the night before, and a morning of regret was nigh. I queried my. read more...

Nisida - Thats a week!

It is a week ago now that we started the ARC 2016 racing from Las Palmas to St. Lucia.We will reach the half way point on our course sometime later today, gybed in the middle of the night onto a more South Westerly course and have now reached one of the areas of lighter winds forecast. We currently have around 9-10kts of breeze from the South East and are reaching along under full main and code zero at around 8kts SOG, the sun is shining and it is the first properly warm/hot day so far, sure there will be a few more from now on.. read more...

Bluewaft - Bluewaft Log Day 8

Bluewaft Log Day 8Sunday 27 November 201621°03’.737N 029°25’.016WWe managed some good sailing yesterday, but by last night the winds diedand what wind there was, was largely on the nose.We spent the day motorsailing, switching off the engine when-ever winds permitted.We took theopportunity to watch a film (“Team America”).The film was interrupted bya big squall that provided some much needed wind and gave the boat a goodwash down.Unfortunately the wind didn’t last and we spent the night motorsailing on very calm seas.We’ve spent the morning mulling over our fuelconsumption, the likely approach of the low from the North and how muchfuel we’ll need for motoring and the generator between now and reaching StLucia.In the morning we found we had company, with three monohulls all. read more...

Shalan - Day 6

18:07N 031:20W0633UTC 27/11/16Turf Turf Turf , this Shalan Shalan, over!Progress on board the good ship Shalan has been good again today despite this mornings weather not behaving quite as expected, that said any frustration were swifty quelled by the now familiar cry of "Fish on" from Richie who with little difficulty soon landed us an excellent doraldo. This success was followed by two further fish as lunchtime approached and with them gutted, prepared and safely in the fridge a great sense of satisfaction soon came over all on board. It finally happened!!As the afternoon progressed the cloudy skies of recent days gave way to brillaint sunshine and a steady 10-12 Knots of south, south easterly wind which allowed a few decent hours of sunbathing on the fordeck accompanied by Andys. read more...

Koco - 7. Tag auf See

Die Nacht war wenig spektakulär da kaum Wind, der eine oder andere Squall kreuzte unseren Weg. Der Tag begann wieder mal mit einem dieser spektakulären Sonnenaufgänge. Immer noch sehr wenig Wind. Fahren mit dem Code Zero. Beide Angeln im Wasser. Nach dem meisterlichen ersten Fang durch Gunnar gab es heute die nächste Überraschung; beim Abendlichen einholen der Angel 1 wegen anbrechender Dunkelheit vernahmen wir auf einmal den lauten Freudenruf von Günther - wir haben einen Fisch gefangen. Wir staunten alle nicht schlecht und fragten uns wie lange, keiner bemerkte das da ein Fisch gebissen hat, dieser arme Mahi Mahi an der Angel hing und hinter dem Boot hinterhergezogen wurde. Zumindestens war es so lange das , das dem Fisch die eigentlich goldene Farbe abgewaschen wurde. Kurz um, Dieter. read more...

Wethomi - //WL2K Blue Marlin Day on Wethomi

27. November 2016Wow. What a day!In the morning: Black sky. Hot coffeewith tropical showers.After the the daliy radio meeting suddenly the 5-day tradewind's thanksgiving holidays are over and they are reporting back to work! Up the Parasailor and finally real sailing again. What a joy.In the afternoon: something on the fishing line. We manage to get it on board: A 1.5meter Blue Marlin stares at us. What a beautiful fish and what a fisher's luck! Bernie and Hans have a big grin in their faces. Later they prepare the impressing fish nearly perfectly.The rest of the day: Perfect sailing with little waves, light atlantic swell, a marvelous sky.What else happened?Nothing really worth mentioning after such a day - except the wonderful dinner with fish as much as you can eat and a good fresh. read more...

Numa - Roberts reiselogg dag 7

Reiselogg dag 7:Hei igjen folkens.Her går dagene sin vante gang.Vi ha gått for motor i hele dag siden det ikke er vind til å seile, og den lille som har vært har også til tider kommet inn rett i baugen.Skipperen/navigatøren/meteorologen regner med at det blir mye motorkjøring i morgen og.Det har vært skiftende skydekke, men vi merker at temperaturen øker, og i kveld er det bare deilig å sitte ute i bare t-shirt og shorts.Vanntemperaturen begynner også og nærme seg noe som er fristende å bade i (24,6 grader).Regner med at det blir badestopp i morgen :-)Noe undertegnede gleder seg til, og allerede har gjort klar badebuksa.Ikke fordi jeg er sjenert, men det kunne hende noen av de andre ombord hadde blitt brydd dersom jeg nude´t.I dag morges så Mona og jeg noe jeg aldri har sett før:To. read more...

Albatross - YB Connect Message from Fernando Assens

Nov 26th - 7th Day at SeaAll is well. Today it's our seventh day at sea. And now I realize why it feels more like the 14th. With our shift patterns of "four hours on, eight hours off" I sail the boat from 4:00am-8:00am and then again from 4:00pm-8:00pm, and by sleeping in between I end up waking up twice each day. Adding up to the confusion is that we get 11 hours of daylight and 13 of darkness every day and that by moving west we are slowly moving into new time zones and the sun rises and sets a bit later each day.The weather router has us rounding the low pressure from the south rather than the north. The consequence is that we will find very light winds for a day or two, which will be a nice break.Currently winds are 24 knots, coming from aft at 79°. Our heading is 285°, and we are. read more...

Pauline af Skanör - Log day 6 - Shower in the rain!

Rapport 6 från havet lördag den 26 november kl 18.30 Pauline tid (UTC=GMT +1 h)Hej igenI går kväll fick vi en fantastisk upplevelse. Himlen öppnade sig, skSqualls, och det regnad så häftigt att sikten endast var ca 50 meter.När man stod och styrde kunde man se 25 meter framför båten.Samtidigt blåste det ca 12 m/s men pga att regnet slog ner vågorna varvattnet smult (lugnt utan större vågor) vi gjorde fartrekord och varstundvis uppe över 15 knop SOG (över grund). Då var det skönt att haradar och AIS, så man kunde se om det fanns någon annan där ute idimman.Regnet stod som spön i backen i en timmes tid och både båten ochbesättningen blev ren. Tro det eller ej men vi hade större delen avbesättning uppe på däck med schampo, och ungdomarna var som kalvar pågrönbete när de hoppade runt i. read more...

Skyelark of London - Day 6

Day 6 Land Ahoy! or as we modern mariners say, Phone Signal! The early morning met us with sight of the northern most island of Cape Verde, but any hope of a bit of 3G was short lived.However, the fishing line jumped into action with the first tuna catch of the voyage.Not the biggest fish to be fair, but it was soon reeled in and within a couple of hours we all sat down to fresh sushi lunch. The Bidders lure is currently on fine form.Last night's watch in the early hours brought a special display as we were joined in the pitch darkness by a pod of dolphins who's trails in the luminescence looked like torpedo trails flashing down the side of the boat.Today's wind has been relatively light, and seas calm so once again we have been making steady if not exciting progress,a couple more days. read more...

NDS Darwin - Lucia's blog

Day 6 onboard... we just spent the last two most relaxing days.  I'm right now watching an amazing sunset, I've seen hundreds of sunsets over the sea but each one is different. Each one has it's own energy, it's own story to be told. Each one is shared wit different people, in a different country or ocean. But this one was well deserved after the first few days we spent with storms and strong winds.  Despite being with no wind, despite not being first on the leaderboard, we are enjoying this crossing.. Maybe the last one on this boat. We are not forcing her or getting ourselves really stressed over the weather. We are fishing, we are drinking wine, we are happy.  Maybe the north route would have been the correct one or the one that would have make us win, get there faster.. read more...

Challenger 4 - Challenger 4 Day Six

Wet & windy – what’s that all about…..?After last night’s dinner we went upstairs to get some fresh air and for the first time we had clear sky and no moon light to block the view of the heavens. We managed to see Shooting stars, Satellites, Venus, Mars and some constellations with the help of Sam’s app. Since the cloud held back all night we managed to navigate using the stars which was really great.First thing next morning Amelia came on deck and announced that her launderette was one officially open and ready for her first customers – she was mostly busy with Matt’s pants. The price for 3 pieces of clothing is one “Rum and Coke” when we reach Saint Lucia – which David is a bit worried about.First day all the crew felt well, no one was throwing up – well done guys! especially Bruce. read more...

Fleet II - Log Saturday 26th November: Half Way!

Yes – we’re now officially half way across.  1,040 miles to go –reached around 3pm our time this afternoon.  In common with all those we’vespoken to, it’s taken much longer than we expected, so we’re hoping the secondhalf is a bit quicker.  We have some parties to get to. Overnight sailing was pretty good, and though the winds have calmed today,we’ve largely managed to make progress without the engine.  So far sogood! Colin CBO. read more...

Endeavour of Cork - Day 10 - Oh Happy Day!!!

Two brilliant things just happened on Endeavour.1.While I was on watch the wind did an abrupt (well, over about 15 mins) 180 degree shift, so from sailing on port tack downwind we were now sailing upwind, close-hauled in about 6kts - meaning with apparent wind we were doing about 6kts ourselves.I cannot describe the thrill, after over a week of rolling around on a downwind course, of sailing close-hauled, meaning we were gently, but firmly tilted over to one side - there was absolutely no pressure on the wheel, and we just gently (but quickly) trucked along in the afternoon sunshine.Peace reigned for about an hour.Bliss.2.Meanwhile, Conor had been quietly agitating all day for a swim, but the weather just wouldn't play ball.It was either clouded over, or too lumpy, or looked like we were. read more...

Peter von Seestermühe - Day 5

Day five at sea. Everything well on board. Server problems with iridium to explain P. v. S. Blog silence. Limited weather information leads to consequently southerly route to catch the trade winds. fishing: catch every day. the sunny.Peter Crew (via SMS). read more...

Challenger 2 - Challenger 2 Day Six

Hi Everyone,Hope you are all enjoying our daily blogs.Yesterday it was the turn of Mother Watch` A` again with James and Thomas.On board Challenger 2 we are running three watches with five crew in each.Each Watch is out on deck crewing the boat for three hours and then has six hours off.This gives us plenty of time to relax and catch up on sleep.Each day one person from each watch joins up to become a `Mother Watch`.This means we have to prepare all the meals for the day starting with a cooked breakfast of scrambled eggs (34 eggs used!!) bacon and baked beans and toast cooked in the frying pan.The saloon was filled with the amazing aroma of cooked bacon thanks to an early start by Thomas at 6am when his watch were on duty.So the rest of our day was spent preparing lunch and then dinner,. read more...

Ximera - Day 5 - Sad day

22∞09.80 N - 20∞44.73 W -- 19∞ 59.68 N - 22∞00.95 WLots of hand steering late at night. Ximera tries to emulate the dolphins, playing with big waves. Today is sunny and hot, we're at the Tropic! So is also day of sea-bucket showers (sponsored by Rolnautic), both for the crew and the boat. Jenny the jennaker is back, trying to teach us the perfect VMG to the East of Cape Verde. In the afternoon the sea state is reduced and for the whole night we kept the gennaker, sailing fast in light winds and long swells. As we are writing now we've received the news that Noah has sunk. As fellow sailors, we sympathise with Noah's crew for the loss of their boat. At the same time, we're glad that in this unfortunate event the crew is alive and well. We're thinking of them. 5 Jenny the Gennaker. read more...

Boni Venti - LOG DAY SIX - SIX HOURS IN MINDELO

Light winds and flat sea state so we started the engine at 14.45, furled the genoa and centred the main. Continued towards Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands under engine. Squally wet night, so watches not much fun.  Radar indicating upcoming rain clouds which could herald wind squalls, so the radar helps to warn of what might be on the way in terms of wind strength, but it’s really only clear when the clouds are on top of he boat. But the wind was so light last night that we weren’t worried about squalls.  Brief geography lesson - Cape Verde is made up of 10 large and 4 small islands of volcanic origin (think Santorini but not as sophisticated!) & is 325 miles west of Senegal. They’re on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the mountains grow by 0.5cm per year! Anyway, we sighted the. read more...

New Deal - Log Day 7

Vi har holdt god fart gjennom natten og dagen i dag.Etter råd fra Metrozonisk Instutt endret vi kurs i ettermiddag mot vest. Værvarslet viste ugunstig vind der de neste dagene.Et viktig delmål er å passere halvveispunktet. Vi beregnet en posisjon og lagt inn det som waypoint på kartplotteren. Vi er ca 600 nm mil derfra nå. Med gunstig vind kan vi være der om fem dager, men det tar det den tiden d tar... En turseiler går sånn ca.med 5-6 knops fart (ca 10 km/t) med god bør.Idag fikk vi besøk av de store delfinene. Mektig syn.Lørdagskvelden feires med marsipan, kaffi og tortillachips.. read more...

Meltemi - Bericht Tag 6 und 7 - Fisch!

Mittlerweile ist die “Meltemi“ mit ihrer Crew in ihrem siebten Seetag. Mit der Zeit wird das Wachsystem zur gewohnten Realität. Die Stimmung an Bord ist durchweg gut und es stellt sich so etwas wie ein routinierter Bordalltag ein, der von allerlei Abwechslung durchzogen wird. Da wir nicht nur in der Hoffnung auf Rasmus und Poseidon unterwegs sind, sondern durch einen kleinen “Wetterstab“ in der Deutung unserer Wetterzukunft unterstützt werden, freuen wir uns alle paar Tage über das Update unseres Wetterplans, das uns vom Himmel herab gereicht per Satellit aufgespielt wird. Aus den Alternativen „Nordroute“ und „Südroute“ hat sich in einer Crewsitzung die Südroute durchgesetzt - so ging es auf Generalkurs „SW“ in Richtung der Kapverden. Obwohl die Mehrzahl der teilnehmenden Yachten sich. read more...

Jasmine - Day 7

--Great night sailing on instruments only last night and very good progress made. A mostly pitch black night due to cloud but at around three it cleared for half an hourin the north and Joxer and I were treated to a display of stars ,intensely bright and most notably visible right down to the horizon . The wind remains the same ,thats the nature of the trade winds I suppose.Today its raining with many rain squalls which we are becoming accustomed to ,it blew force 8 in one and Bill registered a record 15.4 knots on the front of a wave.There was a witness so thats probably going to hold for the trip.All in all the sailing is exhilarating as the seas build in the steady wind. We are still sailing by hand which keeps us busy ,the time flies.Reefing up and down and checking for chafe. read more...