Good Miles, Dull Day
February 19, 2019
Day 138.
Noon Position: 47 26S 167 03W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 7
Wind(t/tws): NWxN 14 – 16
Sea(t/ft): NW 3
Sky: Stratus with some drizzle
10ths Cloud Cover...
February 19, 2019
Day 138.
Noon Position: 47 26S 167 03W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 7
Wind(t/tws): NWxN 14 – 16
Sea(t/ft): NW 3
Sky: Stratus with some drizzle
10ths Cloud Cover...
February 187, 2019
Day 136
Noon Position: 47 16S 173 45W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 7+
Wind(t/tws): WxN 20 – 30
Sea(t/ft): W 10
Sky: Cumulus and squall clouds
10ths Cloud Cover: 7
Bar(mb): 1009+, steady.
What is arguably the most innovative electronics system in recent times debuted at the Miami boat show and very few people noticed! I’m talking specifically about the Navico Information Display that was purportedly integrated into the dashboards of some 14 new boats around the show...
February 16 (again), 2019
Day 135 (again)
Noon Position: 47 07S 177 42 *WEST*
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 7
Wind(t/tws): WxS 25 (to 35 in squalls)
Sea(t/ft): W7
Sky...
February 16, 2019
Day 135
Noon Position: 47 15S 178 34E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 6+
Wind(t/tws): SWxW 17 – 24
Sea(t/ft): W5
Sky: Cumulus and Squalls
10ths Cloud Cover...
Here I sit typing words into the internet while 37,000ft over the Caribbean sea, winging my way towards Antigua. What an amazing age we live in! Internet connectivity while going this fast over such a lonely stretch of the planet still blows my mind.
February 15, 2019
Day 134
Noon Position: 47 20S 175 26E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): ExN 5
Wind(t/tws): WSW 8
Sea(t/ft): W 2
Sky: Clear
10ths Cloud Cover: 0
Bar(mb)...
February 14, 2019
Day 133
Noon Position: 48 05S 172 54E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 5
Wind(t/tws): NEE 19
Sea(t/ft): NE 5
Sky: Drizzle and Fog
10ths Cloud Cover...
Nine years ago this month, Totem rocked at anchor in this exact curve of coastline on the north side of Banderas Bay where we find ourselves today. We basked in the same sunrise over the sierras to the east...
We’ll roll the ol’ chariot along
We’ll roll the ol’ chariot along
We’ll roll the ol’ chariot along
And we’ll all hang on behind.
February 13, 2019
Day 132
Noon Position: 47 36S 169 48E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 6
Wind(t/tws): NNE 17
Sea(t/ft): NE 3
Sky: Clear; thin stratus to the south
10ths Cloud Cover...
February 12, 2019
Day 131
Noon Position: 47 34S 167 18E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): –
Wind(t/tws): NNE 9
Sea(t/ft): 2
Sky: Overcast
10ths Cloud Cover: 10
Bar(mb)...
SailGP. Ever heard of it? I didn’t think so but get ready to hear a lot more about it in the next few months. In my opinion it’s the most exciting sailing event to come around in decades.
NOTE from Andy, Feb 14, 2019: I’m hesitant to publish this, for risk of it being too personal, causing too much interference with the public persona I’ve created about myself and of the business. But you know what – f&%k it.