Meditations on silence
Rory put his finger on what’s different about being out here. It’s not that there is less information here than in the city (in civilization, I suppose) but everything out here is relevant....
Tag: Sailing
Night watch
Day 4 draws to a close. I watched the sunset over the port now. We’re settling into a routine I think. Dinner as a crew, around six, so Rory can get a good nap in before he goes on watch at...
Boarders!
Three squid tried to board us last night. Alas, they were unsuccessful. But I have to wonder, are they just a vanguard for the Great Old Ones under the sea, a scouting unit sent out to test our...
Light Wind
Wind is light and on our stern, so up with the Code Zero! The sea is a stunning shade of blue under nearly cloudless skies. Peaceful here.
Adding a map to the blog
I wanted to show a map of the track and location of Vingilótë. It works and you can find it at Where Are They Now?. It is manually updated: taking live data and doing it automatically (though,...
Sunrise
It’s another beautiful day. Gentle wind- a little too gentle to be honest, we could do with a bit more. Steadily making progress. I think we’ll put up the Code Zero in a bit.
22.2 knots
Well, that was exciting. We were sailing without any reefs in the mainsail: the forecast wasn’t to go over 20 kts TWS (True Wind Speed). But the wind went from 15 to 25 AWS (Apparent Wind Speed),...
Day 2 under way
The first full day and night are behind us and we’re well underway. We put one reef in the sail before dinner, in case the wind came up unexpectedly high, but it was probably unnecessary. True...
Sunset on day 1 of the crossing
Vingilótë and crew are doing fine
I just WhatsApped with Roger at the factory in South Africa who talked to Irene and Vingilótë and crew are doing great, well offshore heading for Saint Helena, sailing at 8 knots in 11 knot wind,...