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Mischievous - Blog The Adventure of Mischievous first full day at sea.

The latest episode of “The Adventures of Mischievous “Good Day to everyone.We had a lovely day the first full day at sea, yesterday.Since there is no place to stop overnight , someone needs to drive the boat all the time.We group up with a driver and a partner , two people who are watch. We have a rotating schedule of four hour watches. Four hours on watch and eight or twelve hours off.We will continue to sail the boat this way until we reach our destination.We caught two fish , both Mahi Mahi. We had a wonderful dinner of fresh Mahi -Mahi cookedby bellaWe also had a really big Sail Fish on the line but he got away before we could catch him. ( big fish story ,ha ha , always about the one that got away)The day ended with another wonderful sun set.We sailed 180 miles in a 24 hour period.We. read more...

Mischievous - Blog The Adventure of Mischievous day 1

Good morning everyone .This is day one , the first day way from land.We have 8 people on board this boat.There is great excitement as we start our journey.Everyone is in their “dress whites “We have flags decorating the boat.They had the harbor decorated as a send-offAnd they had crowds cheering and wavingandwishing ussafe journey , from the pier .They had a lot of boatsat the start and a Spanish navel destroyer to start us off.We had a wonderful afternoon sail in calm seas and soft windsand a beautiful sunset .We sailed all night in light winds and calm seas .By morning , after 20 hours , we had sailed 142nautical miles or 163 standard miles. And a long way to go.This is our position.26 degrees, 08 minutes north 16 degrees19 minuteswest. read more...

Cleone - ARC 2024 SITREP 2

Cleone ARC 2024SITREP 2Along with mostof the rest of the fleet, we have been heading southwest towards the Cape VerdeIslands but have not yet found the Trade Winds. We have been sailing as well asburning diesel, and something nearly went bump in thenight!As predicted byChris Tibbs at the Skippers’ Briefing, the wind has been behind us. For much ofthe time there has been too little of it for us to make even steerageway and, inorder to make sensible progress, we have been burning precious fuel. Thetraditional sailing directions for seafarers crossing from the Canaries to theCaribbean is to head south until the butter melts, and then turn west. With thisdictum in mind, Kaya and Louisa have been surreptitiously peering into thebutter-tub at the beginning and end of each watch, little. read more...

Bluejay - Blog

tuesday 26th Nov  A good nightssailing with with full main and yankee 1 taking us through the night with thehelp of dolphins again.  The dawnbroke to another day with good visibility and NE3 winds.  Fishing recommenced and it wasn't longbefore Mike had a Mahi Mahi which was soon caught and prepared for us to enjoylater.  Unfortunately the largertuna got away along with Mikes sailing hat ! More to the point Alex then gother crew organised to set up the spinnaker which is now flying as I write and weare sailing very nicely with a top speed of 10 knots (average 7.7) but notquite in the right direction yet - we need to get further south to find thosetrade winds.  To add to theexcitement of the day the first watch had showers  - what a treat!. read more...

Rosiere - First full day at sea

After the excitement of yesterday's start and waving goodbye to family and friends we are starting to settle in. Unfortunately there has been no useful wind today so we've been slowly motoring. Things have changed this evening and we're sailing with the genoa poled out and main sail set on a preventer. We've been enjoying preprepared risotto that Caroline made for us and all is good aboard Rosiere. Today's highlights were a pod of whales swimming past on our portside and catching our first fish. A garfish, not the dorado other boats have been sharing photos of!. read more...

Arkyla - L2D5: Weed!

Finally we have some wind and feel as if this sturdy girl is beginning to find her stride once more.It has been painfully slow for us so far, bur smiles are broader now we are moving at a half respectable pace.No fauna to report so far today, but plenty of flora… sargasso weed!More weed in fact than you’d find stashed in a 1970’s student flat, though we’re not sure what, if any, effects smoking this stuff will induce other than paranoia that it will clog the Hydrogenerator!We are 5 days out now and we continue to find ways to add interest to the day.The countdown of NM to destination prompts lessons from history on our chronological trek backward to the birth of JC when we finally heave-to in Port Louis.The twice daily Sealabs water collection is now introduced with its own jingle, and. read more...

Frances Louise V - November 25th 2024

96 We achieved several milestones on November 25th. Milestone One - we both had showers! We set up two of my “I’ve been thinking” ideas, which always bring out great sighs from David, and a worried expression, followed, always, by brilliant implementation. We have two solar shower bags, filled with non potable Mindelo water, flopping about in the sun on the aft cabin coachroof. We attached one bag to two mizen mast stays, setting it up so that its hose went through the hatch to the aft heads. In there, over the toilet, we put up a temporary slatted seat made out of plastic decking boards, to create a shower seat under the hose. The resultant shower worked brilliantly and was warmer than those in Mindelo Marina!  Milestone Two -. read more...

Aria Legra - breakfast at sea

Position: 15:05.3'N, 034:17.5'WHeading: 270TWind: ENE 4 to 5Sails: main 1 reef, poled out jibCongrats to Wahoo (or Wahoo's pal?) catching a blue marlin. We were blue with envy (pun intended) listening on the radio.Well, little boats will have to make do with little fish. Even better when they serve themselves up to you. Sharing pics of our first catch on passage.Carol & Peterimage0image0. read more...

Aria Legra - breakfast at sea

Position: 15:05.3'N, 034:17.5'WHeading: 270TWind: ENE 4 to 5Sails: main 1 reef, poled out jibCongrats to Wahoo (or Wahoo's pal?) catching a blue marlin. We were blue with envy (pun intended) listening on the radio.Well, little boats will have to make do with little fish. Even better when they serve themselves up to you. Sharing pics of our first catch on passage.Carol & Peterimage0image0. read more...

Cara of the South - Day 2

26:16.08N 15:50.12WMidday Position Day 2 Monday 25th NovemberWe definitely have too much food. Even if we eat a million calories a dayand arrive looking like engorged teletubies we'll still have enough to starta small grocers business in St. Lucia. Jeremy Wyatt once made the point thatno one has ever starved on the ARC, I clearly haven't listened again. I madethis exact same mistake last time, I even have tins of food on here from mylast trip. The problem is you expect every locker to be full and if youhappen upon a slightly empty space you panic buy more stuff you don't need,particularly food. I hear there is a charity in St. Lucia happy to take anyexcess food so I'll get them to send a truck on arrival. We've had tons ofdolphins visit us today and staying for a few hours which was. read more...

Gertha 5 - Low winds ahead

15,54n 33,10wam advised to duck a bit south to miss some light windsTrouble is I like the sailing where we areWatch this space on Thursday to find the answerYesterday the electrics were playing with me, they decided I could spend the early morning cool looking for a poor connection, or pay the price Problem found faults left the shipSent from my iPhone. read more...

Ingrid - Klockan 15.30 kastade Ingrid loss på sin resa mot St Lucia - 25 november 2024

Äntligen var vi då på väg! Glädjen var total och Teamet från More Sailing som seglat från La Rochelle med båten vinkade av oss.  Ett stort tack till Emil, Felix, Magnus, Hasse och Lea som tog Ingrid säkert till Las Palmas. Nu har vi sån tur att Lea hänger med oss över. Vi som reser tillsammans är: Nikola - Skipper David - 1st Mate Herman - 2nd Mate Vi andra är Anki, Cicci, Britt, Alexandra, KG, Jörgen, Patrik, Lea och Jonas. Nu är klockan 18.20 och lag 3 som har vakten 16-20 och 04-08 bjuder på middag. Det blir en kycklinggryta med ris och sallad. Hej från oss!. read more...