Rolling Again
January 30, 2019
Day 118
Noon Position: 43 45S 131 34E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): ExS 7
Wind(t/tws): WSW 22 – 26
Sea(t/ft): W 10; still got heavy rollers
Sky: Puffy cumulus clouds, only occasional squalls.
January 30, 2019
Day 118
Noon Position: 43 45S 131 34E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): ExS 7
Wind(t/tws): WSW 22 – 26
Sea(t/ft): W 10; still got heavy rollers
Sky: Puffy cumulus clouds, only occasional squalls.
Quick notes from the publishing team. Yes the date is out of synch on this. Nothing is broken. Just some missed communications. Posting now so you can read all the answers. Note – if you’ve posted a question before Jan 21 then Randall hasn’t received your question yet.
#256: Oda Pedersen Taule is a 20-something Norwegian sailor who set out single-handed on her little sloop SNUPPA, bound for Australia. Self-taught at ocean sailing, Oda learned the hard way, getting badly beaten up on her first Bay of Biscay crossing...
January , 2019
Day 117
Noon Position: 43 20S 128 19E
Course(t)/Speed(kts): ;E 7
Wind(t/tws): W to WxS 17 – 19 (to 40 in the many squalls)
Sea(t/ft): W 10+. Big rollers.
Cochise is certainly eye-catching, and especially so when you realize that you’re looking at the personal cruising “dream machine” of a remarkably innovative designer, engineer, and mariner with hundreds of thousands of offshore miles under sail and power.
This happened this morning at Les Sables D’Olonne. A really great achievement, to win a non-stop RTW race at age 73. HATS OFF to Jean-Luc!!!
Van Den Heede 100 miles out from the finish – photo Jacques Vapillon |
It was a fun final few days for Jean-Luc Van Den Heede...
The sailing boats are all booked for this fantastic weekend of Round the Island Race 2019 – Saturday 29th JUNE We have spectating boats available – King’s Ransom, Snark, Hendricks, and Acamas. All beautiful luxurious motor boats which can whizz your guests around to see the starting line...
January 26, 2019
Day 114
Noon Position: 43 26S 120 52E
We’d done 146 miles as of noon.
I woke to find that Wattsy’s (the hydrogenerator’s) down haul had parted in the night.