After 6,000nm we finally caught fish. Maybe I'm a lucky charm, maybe it's the Caribbean, maybe it's that Dunbar tried a different color lure. But he put out the line and not long after we had a...
We've had gorgeous wind and been sailing mostly with just the large Code Zero up, with the apparent wind angle between 120 and 140 degrees. The large Code Zero out The Code Zero is awesome, but it...
The sunrises are amazing, I love them more than the sunsets. The false dawn, sometimes, with clouds at the horizon, the edges start to glow before the sun rises, then the sun almost racing into the...
Actually, he's here fastening the furler drum of the Code Zero so we can raise it. Sadly, Rory refused to spread his arms and do the whole Rose on the Titanic scene.
Here's a picture of the cup of coffee Dunbar handed me when he got up while I was standing my 6am to 8am watch. I put it on top, then helped put up the Code Zero, and sat down to continue my watch....
During the day we stand watch, but, really, everyone on top is keeping an eye out. We don't run radar, but rely on AIS and the Eyeball Mk I. At night, it's a different story. It's dark, distances...
We rotate watches, I stand watch 9pm to 12am, 6am to 8am, and 12pm to 3pm. It gets dark pretty early, between 7 and 8pm, and the moon gets up somewhere after 9pm. It is pretty. It's hard to get a...
X marks the original anchor site. O marks where we caught up to her. One heart-stopping moment of the trip- when Dunbar and I returned from running errands in Barbados, we realized that one of the...
Irene had to go to Washington D.C. for work so I flew to Barbados, met up with her, and took her place for the last 1600nm or so to Ft. Lauderdale. Oh darn! You can tell I hate having to spend days...