Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 47 of our voyage and what a special day it has been. At 0245 this morning we crossed the equator and re-entered the Southern Hemisphere for the first time since the 2nd March this year which really does mean that we...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 17 of our voyage. Overnight we continued to make good speed under sail south and are now located 156nm to the west of Lisbon, Portugal enjoying light – moderate NNE winds.Each day of this voyage the weather gets warmer and gone...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 46 of our voyage. Well finally the wind gods have smiled upon us and we have been able to shut down engines and are now enjoying some pleasant sailing under fore and aft sails just north of the equator.Talking of the...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 16 of our voyage. Following a night of heavy rolling and not much sleep due to a 2-3m following sea I decided to make today a ‘Sunday Sea’ routine and give everyone the opportunity to get some rest or just enjoy...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 45 of our voyage. Well overnight the wind did finally back to the south east but it still hasn’t strengthened quite enough to be able to sail without an engine yet but the forecast does look promising so hopefully it won’t...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 15 of our voyage. Well since departing Brest late on Wednesday afternoon we have continued to experience some great sailing and today has been no different with moderate now strong north easterly winds greatly assisting our passage south. As I write...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 44 of our voyage. Being a Sunday our guest Sail Master for the day Rowan decided to make it a modified Sunday Routine with us all still turning to for morning brief and cleaning stations then giving us a longer siesta...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 14 of our voyage. During the past 24hrs we have continued to have a pleasant sail across the Bay of Biscay and at the time of posting this log we have sailed 250nm since departing Brest. Overnight the wind veered to...
Hi everyone,Welcome to day 43 0f our voyage. As forecast the wind backed around to the south west this morning and has strengthened to 15-20kts with regular rain squalls that are helping to keep everything a little cooler. Hopefully if the forecaster has got it...
Hi Everyone,Welcome to day 13 of our voyage. Since departing Brest yesterday we have been experiencing light – moderate NNW winds and really enjoying some pleasant sailing. Given these wonderful conditions our focus for the day has been sailing and Dougie our very talented Sail...
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