The wind continues to blow lightly from a little east of south. With the spinnaker up we can’t point as[…]
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Light Wind Days
Gorgeous spinnaker sailing yesterday. We made the same good speed as when we were getting the shit kicked out of[…]
Read moreSaw Another Boat
The wind was slowly dying as the afternoon wore on, when we got hailed on the radio by Atea. They[…]
Read morePassed the Galapagos
Yesterday had many parts. We started the day sailing at eight knots, a relatively comfortable reach. The wind and waves[…]
Read moreComing Unstuck
Yesterday was a story of gradually increasing wind and spray. The windows were so often drenched that we felt like[…]
Read moreConsidering Adding a Toilet Seatbelt
We decided yesterday that the plastic bolts that had been failing to hold the toilet seat on needed to be[…]
Read moreCaptain saw the birds
Yesterday’s sailing remained relatively calm, and we spent a couple of minutes and some hot water trying, without success, to[…]
Read moreWait how is west upwind now?
Good morning, have you flipped your eggs today? Supposedly flipping them daily preserves them longer as it prevents the yolk[…]
Read moreBang. Bang bang. Bang bang bang.
As predicted, we managed to sail all day yesterday. It was reasonably comfortable, despite being upwind — picture holding on[…]
Read moreSailing Today, Won’t Last
Yesterday was mostly motoring, with a couple of sub-hour stretches of sailing. These brought us “off course” a bit, but[…]
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