Distance covered in the past 24 hours 130 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 988 NM. After the previous 24 hours record run I think we all felt a bit over-optimistic about our arrival date in the Azores. We should have known better! The wind subsequently died and overnight we crawled along with the sails flapping …
Distance covered in the last 24 hours 168 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1106 NM. Downwind sailing really suits Merryn and yesterday we recorded our greatest ever distance in 24 hours. Conditions were lively but not excessive and we had a great downwind sail. The forecast now is for the winds to ease and indeed …
Distance covered in the last 24 hours 154 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1270 NM. The winds and sea state are quite exciting but, because the weather is all behind us, it feels very comfortable and we are making terrific progress. The boat is remarkably stable, sufficient for us to have had showers and even …
Distance covered in last 24 hours 148Nm, distance to Horta 1388NM. The picture says it all. Yesterday we enjoyed sunshine and some great downwind sailing. Today it’s pouring with rain, the waves are towering. and we have winds blowing up to 30 Knots. We are just glad to have made it sufficiently far south to …
Distance travelled in the past 24 hours 145 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1524 NM. We spent most of yesterday motor sailing south to reach an latitude of 31 degrees north to try to avoid the bad weather further north, and consequently had a relaxed and steady day. At 6pm it was time for Peter …
Distance covered in the past 24 hours 151 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1585 NM. We continue to meander in seemingly random directions in our attempts to avoid the bad weather to our North East. The picture taken from the ‘Windy’ forecasting app shows the strong winds in yellow and red to the east of …
Distance covered in last 24 hours 142 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1678 NM The last 24 hours have been a day of compete contrast. Yesterday wind and seas were easing to the point where we had to give up on sailing and switch on the engine in the early afternoon. By then it was …
Distance covered in the past 24 hours 145 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1747 NM. Conditions have settled a lot! We are now sailing beautifully in relatively calm seas and 10-12 knots of wind. It’s sunny and we’re all feeling very positive. The light conditions have been perfect for Helen our Hydrovane, steering via wind …
Distance covered in the past 24 hours 149 NM, distance to Horta, Azores 1786 NM. We were a bit spooked yesterday with a forecast showing we were headed towards some strong adverse winds. After a group discussion and some further input from Kai, our meteorologist, we decided to alter course and head towards Bermuda to …
Distance covered in the past 24 hours 156NM We have had a pretty good day and night sailing in conditions that were blustery by day, became much calmer overnight but picked up again this morning. Peter took the opportunity to teach us the basics of Astro navigation using our sextant to take a noon sight. …