Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 36 of our voyage. Firstly, News Flash!! We have just safely rounded Cape Horn. Finally after all of this time at sea battling all weather conditions we have made it. Making it all the more special for all of us is...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 35 of our voyage. During the early hours of this morning the weather moderated which was good but we still had a large confused swell to deal with which made sleeping almost impossible. Given these conditions Kenny as Sail Master decided...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 34 of our voyage. Last night as I was sitting here trying extremely hard to put some words together we were hit by another storm, which was stronger than the last with winds reaching 48kts with a very large swell to...
Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 33 of our voyage. You will have to excuse tonight’s entry being fairly short but we are right in the middle of handing in some sail due to strengthening winds. That has certainly been the theme of today due to the...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 32 of our voyage. Overnight the weather moderated to 15-20kts then strengthened again to 20-25 just after sunrise. Speaking of sunrise it is occurring for us at about 0430 then sunset at 2130, so we are getting plenty of daylight. That...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 31 of the voyage. As forecast the weather deteriorated quickly overnight and all of the watches were kept extremely busy reducing sail, setting storm sails and quickly putting sea furls on those sails not in use. At its peak we were...
Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 30 of our voyage. The wind moderated again today which was quite unexpected and even the sun made a welcome appearance which really was a pleasant surprise. Looking at the forecast this is probably the calm before the storm as we...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 29 of our voyage and another Sunday at sea. Today according to our planned schedule we were meant to arrive in Ushuaia or Punta Arenas if we had of gone through the Straits of Magellan, but the reality is that we...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 28 of our voyage. As forecast the wind is strengthening and we are continuing to make good speed and as I look up at my chart plotter and wind indicator I currently see that the wind has increased to 21kts and...
Hi Everyone, Welcome to day 27 of our voyage. For the past 48 hours the wind has been consistent from the north west at 15-20kts which has enabled us to maintain a boat speed of between 6-8kts, and at this speed we can cover up to...
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