1050 Bermuda Time May 21 3641N 5446W Wind S 15kts COG 95 SOG 7.5kts Seas 3ft Cloudy/Rain
In hopes of a record 24 hours I went to bed at 0200 after we had covered 64nm in 8 hours, under reefed sails. Next thing I knew it was 5.45am and I awoke to the reefs being unfurled as we were caught in the middle of a large rainstorm that stole our wind. Oh well, that's sailing.
We are well positioned to enjoy mainly southerly winds for quite a few days. We just connected via SSB with Chris Parker our offshore weather man (who is onshore in Florida) and he confirmed what our weather charts, downloaded also via SSB, are forecasting. Our little ship is sailing beautifully and, even though only one of us is matching her grace and looks, we other three chaps are having a darn good sail! Who needs a razor out here, anyway?
Dave is busy right now in the galley making a Wahoo concoction out of the extra fish cooked last night; so we will relish a Hornbach Wahwhatsit Salad for lunch.
We are a third of the way over to the Azores, and will have a superb trip if the last two thirds are similar.
John and Nancy, with Dave and Bob
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.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
"No Whining...
...only Larking About" says the sign hanging in the galley. So we will not complain about the lack of useful wind: the fact is, we still made about 85nm Easting in the last 24h, and have only just now given up trying to sail, and turned on the motor.
Thurs May 22 0630 Berm Time, 0930 GMT, 36010N 5258W Wind W 8kts Seas 2ft Sunny
For some reason the skipper has been stingy with spending diesel: maybe he is miserly, or just hates the thought of being a stink-potter. Anyway, we have a lovely morning for a motor boat ride, and the Offwatch are still sound asleep despite the noise of the engine. And we do have a lot of fuel left: so far we have used 7 gallons out of 190 total: might use another 7 today, though. We would try the gennaker sail, but experience (confirmed just two days ago) tells us that it will not work in light airs with any sort of swell running: the top of the mast - about 59ft 8in. above the water - moves some eight feet side to side in the swell we have, and that is enough to mess up the set of the sail.
All on Adventuress is shipshape, and the crew are in good form. Bob has been his usual happy self, and his old "Newfie" jokes are new at least to Dave!
John and Nancy, with Bob and Dave
Thurs May 22 0630 Berm Time, 0930 GMT, 36010N 5258W Wind W 8kts Seas 2ft Sunny
For some reason the skipper has been stingy with spending diesel: maybe he is miserly, or just hates the thought of being a stink-potter. Anyway, we have a lovely morning for a motor boat ride, and the Offwatch are still sound asleep despite the noise of the engine. And we do have a lot of fuel left: so far we have used 7 gallons out of 190 total: might use another 7 today, though. We would try the gennaker sail, but experience (confirmed just two days ago) tells us that it will not work in light airs with any sort of swell running: the top of the mast - about 59ft 8in. above the water - moves some eight feet side to side in the swell we have, and that is enough to mess up the set of the sail.
All on Adventuress is shipshape, and the crew are in good form. Bob has been his usual happy self, and his old "Newfie" jokes are new at least to Dave!
John and Nancy, with Bob and Dave
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