The old white spin before she came to an ugly death, mid-Atlantic.
Welp, we did it. Mia & I got complacent and paid the price of letting our guard down. I figuratively kicked myself the first time I was at the top of the mast in the dark...
Date: March 6, 2019
Noon Position: 47 19S 118 48W
Course: ESE 7
Wind: NW 21 – 34
Noon to Noon Miles: 155
Barometer: 997, falling
Sail: Working jib, heavily reefed.
March 5, 2019/Day 152
Noon Position: 47 09S 122 36W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): ExN 6 – 7
Wind(t/tws): WxS 14
Miles since departure: 20,855
Avg. Miles/Day: 137
Clear night.
This exciting new initiative will provide club members with a structured pathway into keelboat sailing. Our plan is to provide keelboats for the use of club members, allowing them to develop their …
March 4, 2019
Day 151
Noon Position: 47 15S 126 23W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 7
Wind(t/tws): NW 24
Sea(t/ft): NW 6
Sky: Altostratus with drizzle
10ths Cloud Cover...
There are many reasons to like Victron solar panel charge controllers, but today I’ll laud the Bluetooth feature that comes with the relatively new SmartSolar models and could make sense in many electronic boat modules and sensors, I think.
March 3, 2019
Day 150
Noon Position: 47 25S 129 33W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): E 7
Wind(t/tws): WNW 25
Sea(t/ft): NW W N to 8
Sky: Overcast with drizzle
10ths Cloud Cover...
How many ISBJORN crew does it take to fix the genoa track?
Today’s title was inspired by David Byrne. Yesterday annoyed me. I was tired, having not slept well the night before (it was my own fault ...
Solar Catamarans... Ingenious and Real
We covered these amazing solar yachts back when they were mere concepts. Having had a couple of company brand name changes, the Austrian-based solar catamaran producer has settled on Silent-Yachts.
Thomas Coville atop his brand new spaceship |
So this is how it’s done in France when it comes to sailing sponsorship. Take a mainstream company...
Time, dude. I sat down to write thinking it’s been a couple of days since I put anything down here. Guess what the date of the last sheet is? – February 1. The day before YESTERDAY! Here I was all prepared...
Located at the northern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) is the principal sailing venue in the UK and was host to the sailing events of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
March 2, 2019
Day 149
Noon Position: 42 29S 132 03W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): SExS 4
Wind(t/tws): ExN 11
Sea(t/ft): NE 4+
Sky: Overcast with Drizzle
10ths Cloud Cover...