October 19, 2018
Day 15
Noon Position: 07 49N 129 41W
Course/Speed: SWxW 5
Wind: SSE 10
Sea: S 4
Sky: Squalls and Altocumulus, Rain
10ths Cloud Cover...
THINDRA en route across the Atlantic.
Greetings All Former & Future Sailing Crew!
It’s official – 59 North Sailing is now a two-boat operation! Starting February 1, 2019, ICE BEAR, a German Frers-designed Swan 59, will be making offshore passages with Mia & I on the helm!
Firstly, we want to send a huge THANK YOU to all the crew who have sailed with us already, or who are set to sail with us in the future.
October 18, 2018
Day 14
Noon Position: 09 24N 129 34W
Course/Speed: S 5
Wind: NNW 6
Sea: S 5
Sky: Complex cloudy sky. Squally.
10ths Cloud Cover: 9
Bar: 1013
Cabin Degrees Fahrenheit: 88
Water Degrees Fahrenheit: 84
Percent Relative Humidity: 70
Sail: Motoring.
Noon-to-Noon Miles Made Good: 102
Miles since departure: 1948
Avg.
Surf’s up! 48-foot longboard…
There’s a book called ‘Barbarian Days,’ a memoir on a surfing life that won the Pulitzer Prize. it’s excellent. In it, a small village on the SW coast of Madeira called Jardim do Mar is feature prominently.
For the past 5 years I have been monitoring the ICW. My drive is largely enlightened self-interest. We transit the ICW route every year. Over time, we have developed a small group of like minded travelers with whom we have shared notes and observations.
Do you have a partner to convince to go cruising? Do relatives or friends think your plans are kind of nuts?
In this scene, Gizmo is negotiating the complex traffic almost always encountered around Hampton Roads, and the Raymarine eS128 screen above is helping with C-Map chart plotting, Quantum solid-state radar, and a FLIR M232 thermal cam.
Dear Members
We hope you enjoyed the beautiful summer weather we had this year.
Now I would like to draw your attention to some upcoming events at the club over the autumn and winter season, I hope you will be able to attend some of them as it would be a great opportunity for you to experience the warm, friendly environment of the club and meet some of the other members.
October 17, 2018
Day 13
Noon Position: 10 16N 131 04W
Course/Speed: ESE 5
Wind: S 12
Sea: S 4
Sky: Cumulus and a layer of stratus above
10ths Cloud Cover: 9
Bar: 1013+
Cabin Degrees Fahrenheit: 84
Water Degrees Fahrenheit: 83
Percent Relative Humidity: 76
Sail: #2 genoa, full; main full, close hauled to starboard
Noon-to-Noon Miles Made Good: 129
Miles since departure: 1846
Avg.
October 16, 2018
Day 12
Noon Position: 12 12N 132 00W
Course/Speed: SExS 7
Wind: NNE 17 – 20
Sea: NNE 6 – 8; quite lumpy
Sky: Cumulus; Stratus
10ths Cloud Cover: 4
Bar: 1014, falling
Cabin Degrees Fahrenheit: 86
Water Degrees Fahrenheit: 83
Percent Relative Humidity: 67
Sail: #1 genoa, full; main, one reef; broad reach
Noon-to-Noon Miles Made Good: 160
Miles since departure: 1717
Avg.
Dang it. I was going to write a post about the boats I test-sailed after the show in Annapolis, as has been my custom these past years, but I lost my freaking camera and have no pix for it. Ah, well.
“Drink this. Now.” The Annapolis Boat Show was in full swing, but my friend Nica wasn’t handing me one of Pusser’s famous Painkillers with her demand. She had a higher agenda!
Mother nature pulled out the stops during the show, putting on an October demo of peak summer weather in the Chesapeake.
