Transatlantic, day 11 – SSB tests & spinnaker-take 2
17 Jan: We keep our watches on GMT so sun not up now till 9:30am. Wind is now between 14-18 kts. With twin headsails we make 6.5 kts, which seems a little…
17 Jan: We keep our watches on GMT so sun not up now till 9:30am. Wind is now between 14-18 kts. With twin headsails we make 6.5 kts, which seems a little…
16 Jan: At night it seems we were fighting between two winds: when it drops to 11kts the cutter backs; but then it picks up to 17kts and we are flying along…
15 Jan: Not a great night. Wind shifted when a squall came through and after that we were again rocking badly. In the pitch dark we can’t see what direction the waves…
14 Jan: As Glen comes up for his shift at 3am he finds a hula hula girl in the cockpit. Ellie has opened a cheering up present from Oli and she now…
13 Jan: At 6am we complete 1000 nautical miles (1850 Km for our EU readers). 1800 miles to go. Still a long way but at least it finally looks like we are…
12 Jan: Yo land lubbers! Day 6 on the good ship Cloudy Bay and all is well. Good spirits prevail, no one thrown overboard and no sign of scurvy… yet! Infact not…
11-Jan: Another VERY rolly night in 20-30Knt wind. Sometimes CB seems to find a sweet-spot and is both stable and fast, then without rhyme nor reason she starts a horrible resonating roll…
10-Jan: It was a spectacular moonlit night running with the wind that steadily increased to 20+kts, giving us a smooth but somewhat rolly ride at 7-8 kts speed. Ellie and Glen play…