Day: July 11, 2012

Yesterday, after 7.5 days at sea, we passed the halfway point between Annapolis and Horta.  We opened one of the gifts from family in celebration.  It was Almond Butter, which sounds really good right now.  The last few days were tough with thurderstorms, winds up over 35 knots, really light winds, and consistent ugly sea

We spent yesterday evening running in strong conditions – steady low to mid-thirties.  Today dawned with more of the same, although the sun has finally come out to make things a bit cheerier.  We’re currently reaching in 25 knots through some large waves that were generated by the system we encountered yesterday evening.  It’s exhilarating

After yesterday, we were looking forward to a nice, mellow day of sailing downwind.  We didn’t get it, unfortunately. We both spent the night in the cockpit, taking turns on watch with the other sleeping in the cockpit, in case any other squalls or other events came up.  At nightfall last night, we were still

The last 24 hours have been pretty amazing.  Starting at 7am yesterday through 7am today, we sailed 230nm.  For a cruising boat that is almost unheard of, for a 40′ foot cruising boat that is even more rare, and for a boat with only 2 people aboard, more rare still.  The best part was that

Yesterday afternoon was some pretty amazing sailing.  We reached along all day with the gennaker, generally over 8 knots (new top speed of 9.95 kts – and of course I’ll let you know if we break that in the future!)  Last night the wind eased off, we’ve gone back to the genoa for some close

The past 24 hours have been generally good – we’re sailing fast (7.8 knots at the moment on a broad reach), and we’ve made 149 miles in the last day.  We had our first company in a day as well, as a large US Coast Guard cutter just went past us. Last night, our evening settled in