Sun May 11 1025 2520N 6516W Wind +/-20kts ENE Seas 6 feet Sunny Sailing at 7kts under full jib staysail and single reef main COG 006T
We expect stuff to happen out here and so:
Our wind speed of +/-20kts is only an educated estimate because our little wind sensor - anemometer - at the top of the mast has gone on strike. Can't blame her really: she has been bounced around up there for almost three days: and something tells me (geometry, perhaps?) that a lurch of say a foot in the cabin is ten feet up there. And these lurches are refusing to go on strike.
We have been blown a bit to the left so we are missing Bermuda by about 40nm. We might still find it: if the wind shifts as forecast, clocking from E to SE to S and dropping down to 5 to 10kts; if the satellites stay up and working so our GPS units will tell us where we are (no Dad, we do not carry a sextant); and if we don't decide to go straight to the Azores. We will let you know.
All is well otherwise. We won't have a better three days' sailing than these last three - though it would be more comfortable if we were downwind and down wave.
ETA Bermuda Tuesday afternoon/eve and then will be quite Dark and fairly Stormy conditions aboard Adventuress.
John and Nancy, with Dave and Bob
Postscript: Same Day late afternoon: wind is clocking just right, and dropping: so we have almost all sail up and making a beeline for St George's at 7.5kts as the seas are calming. Dinner tonight will be Salmon with Shrimp in an Alfredo Vodka sauce - the Vodka will be fresh, but not the fish: we have been sailing too fast to catch fish!
In 2014 Adventuress sailed to Europe. She made landfall in Muxia Spain; then England. After cruising the English South Coast, and the Channel Islands, she wintered at Woodbridge, England. The next three summers we cruised England, Holland, Norway, Denmark, France, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar. For the foreseeable future Adventuress will sail in Europe. UPDATE: it's October 2021 and we are sailing her back to the USA: Transat passage will be Nov/Dec: expect to be in Florida end of January.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Crew Perspective
Nancy's at the helm and John is busy reading "The Boys in the Boat" on my Kindle, so I thought I would add a little crew color (colour)commentary for the blog. It is so great to be sailing with them aboard Adventuress again, and Bob is a fantastic crewmate and he completes what very well may be the perfect voyage. Other than running the engine to charge the batteries, we have been sailing between 7 and 8+ knots since we left the islands. I had heard so many stories of motoring north to Bermuda that this has been a dream passage thus far. This will be my first time ever to Bermuda and I do have some trepidation that John may have one of his prank's in store for me in way of initiation. If the rest of the voyage continues as it has started it will be a memory that I will long cherish. Thank you both for allowing me to share this with you. -- Dave
'THE VOYAGE' has commenced in memorable fashion even though we have not quite mastered the Masters techniques. The good ship Adventuress is a marvelous vessel and is delivering us quickly to our initial destination of Bermuda. I am enjoying the crew mates and their individual senses of humour. Laughter is always present and makes it so very enjoyable to be aboard. I am learning much from Dave who has great technical knowledge and trying still to keep up with John. Nancy graciously shares her knowledge and keeps us very organized. I can't wait to see Bermuda again and looking forward to the next leg of our journey and exploring the Azores with my good friends, Admiral Nancy, Captain John and 1st Mate Dave. --Bob
(Editor's note: see what the threat of starvation does for the crew's writings?)
'THE VOYAGE' has commenced in memorable fashion even though we have not quite mastered the Masters techniques. The good ship Adventuress is a marvelous vessel and is delivering us quickly to our initial destination of Bermuda. I am enjoying the crew mates and their individual senses of humour. Laughter is always present and makes it so very enjoyable to be aboard. I am learning much from Dave who has great technical knowledge and trying still to keep up with John. Nancy graciously shares her knowledge and keeps us very organized. I can't wait to see Bermuda again and looking forward to the next leg of our journey and exploring the Azores with my good friends, Admiral Nancy, Captain John and 1st Mate Dave. --Bob
(Editor's note: see what the threat of starvation does for the crew's writings?)
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