Daily Logs

Cara of the South - Day 6 (more)

20:23.89N 24:57.92W Saturday 30th NovemberMy plums are hard. I think that's good, but I don't want Gary to go near them.You see, on day one, the Skipper tried to make me Coffee Captain. I told him that his coffee is far superior to anything I could do. So far, my little ruse seems to be working, and he's offering coffees all day long.Then he made me Captain of Waste Management. But to his annoyance, I actually quite like this role; more on this another time.Yesterday, I appointed myself as Captain of fresh fruit and vegetables. Sadly, this role will not last long. We already threw carrots over the side because they went mouldy as soon as we left Las Palmas. Today, many black bananas suffered the same fate. I felt a brief sense of guilt because I had . read more...

Arkyla - L2D9: Halfway

No going back now if we’ve forgotten something in Mindelo… at 1096 nm we have crashed through the halfway point!Despite their mutinous composure, the crew were rewarded with a tot of rum, and our teetotaller donated his to Neptune; however, maybe we should have dedicated my finest bottle of Dominica to Poseidon instead, as Neptune has so far only blessed us with a measly 12 knots of finicky easterly and slapping headsails! Our charge westward is temporarily on hold. All that aside, my scurrilous and scurvied shipmates have voiced great delight at my instigation of this old naval grog tradition and have demanded more of the same… keen to please, I have scheduled in keel-hauling and a cat o’ nine tails for tomorrow’s retro-themed entertainment!Arkyla has had a bit of a lonely time so far. read more...

Ingrid - Dag 5 fortsättning och Dag 6 - Gott och blandat 29/30 november

Fredagen var vårt sämsta dygn hittills pga dålig vind och ingen Gennaker.Enligt forecast tuffar vi på mot bättre vindar och förväntar oss över 20 + nots.Vi fortsätter väst och så fort vindarna kommer går vi sydväst mot St Lucia.Enligt Nikola är det rätt kallt på Atlanten för att vara denna tiden på året. Det beror på det stora lågtryck som gav norra Europa snö. Vindar från norr är kalla. Men det går ingen nöd på oss då vi går omkring i shorts och T-shirt och på natten har vi underställ och seglarbyxor och fryser inte.Runt den 5 december väntar varmare väder och då runt 30 grader!Vi åt en underbar lunch i solen på vår härliga flybridge. Team 1 hade fixat smarriga tonfiskwraps. Till middag hade Alexandra lagat lasagne som vi åt vid vårt stora bord som rymmer alla oss tolv.Efter middagen. read more...

Sea Rose - Day 9 - Spicy on the way to the Spice Islands

It’s getting a bit spicy. Last night the winds gusted high enough for us to do a cautionary douse of the asymmetrical. We poled out the genoa for a more stable wing and wing arrangement and it has served us well into this morning, Day 9. The surface of the water speaks ‘confused sea’ all over it, with residual northwest swell combined with new short period breaking waves from the east. In the midst are large round clumps of sargasso weed the size of a big car plus long drawn out lines of the weed like lane markers on an expressway. And express it is. We are doing all the speed we are comfortable showing without risking broken gear. Two boats crossed in front of us on a broad reach, presumably planning to gybe downwind but we are comfortable pointing right to Grenada. It’s not obvious if. read more...

Charisma - 5 Tage auf See

Die ersten Tage nach dem Start zur ARC 2024 stehen wie erwartet unter dem Einfluss einer instabilen Wetterlage. Die erste Aufgabe ist, sich aus den lokalen Windbedingungen rund um die Kanarischen Inseln freizusegeln. Der Windschattens der Kanarischen Inseln zieht sich weit hinaus - wir wollen ihn östlich passieren. Nach unseren Wetterinformationen sind die besten Windbedingungen mit südwestlichen Kurs zu erwarten – so folgen wir der erfahrungsgemäß windsichersten Route, parallel westlich zur Westküste Afrikas.Strom & leichter WindAuf dieser Route profitieren wir zudem von dem nach SW setzenden Kanarenstrom, der uns als Oberflächenströmung des östlichen Nordatlantiks mit bis zu 1 kn begünstigt. Bei der durch geringes Luftdruckgefälle getragenen Wetterlage erfordert das konsequente. read more...

Hummingbird - hummingbird blog 30 november 2024

Hummingbird Blog - 30 Nov 2024The wind haspicked up and we have been enjoying some lovely sailing overnight and thismorning scooting along under staysail and yankee 1 averaging 7/8 knots. Exactlythe sailing we've been looking forward to under the constant heat of the sun.Life onboard hassettled into a great routine with everyone easing into their watches andhopefully our Skipper and Mate seeing improvement in our collective skills andteam work!Our fishingendeavours continue under Doc and Ken's rig although we've had to resort to fishactually throwing themselves onboard with the Flying Fish found during thismorning's deck check.We're certainlyeating well with every mothers' watch producing new and delicious dishes. Lastnight Craig and El produced the most enormous vegetable chilli which. read more...

Frances Louise V - Frances Louise V - November 29th 2024

96 November 29th was the most wonderful sailing day. Early on the wind settled from a more easterly direction.  We were soon on course and able to change the auto pilot setting to course, not wind, and keep it that way. Our latitude stayed more or less consistent all day at 13 degrees 07 north. Point Saline on Grenada is 12.00N. The sky was blue, with fluffy white clouds. A few birds circled around us. The sea state became a noticeable rolling swell from behind. The wind averaged 17 knots all morning, a little less in the afternoon, and then 18 to 20, gusting at 24 knots, overnight. So we had at least one reef in for most of the day and more at night. Of course we are sailing in the apparent wind so the reality is a lot less than this.  Even. read more...

Cara of the South - Day 6

21:42.11N 27:43.94WMidday Position Day 6 Friday 29th NovemberOur oven is broken. No surprise there as its a Taylors paraffin stove from 1875 most likely. In Las Palmas it was given a full loving service, all burners and jets cleared and cleaned, it was tested daily and worked to perfection but I assure you, you can never ever trust these devices. Just before David started cooking the probably delicious vacuum packed burgers I thought I'd test it again and sure enough it burned perfectly. I gave David the thumbs up and he dutifully chopped the onions and garlic leaving me salivating on deck looking forward to the best burgers in the east Atlantic.Once he was ready to start cooking I went down to light the stove again and sure enough there was. read more...

Gertha 5 - Weed

13.00n43.00wThe war of the worlds has nothing on the Sargasso, the stuff is taking over the Atlantic, give it another 20 years and you will be able to walk coast to coast.The Duogen, the trusty battery charger I have used for 20 years is close to unusable, the weed blocks the propeller, I lift it to clear and the sequence goes on nearly every minute.We will burning hydrocarbon to sustain the boat in electric, the Hydrovane and additional PV solar are our best investment, what will the pacific bring.No great highlight today, kettle has had a mk11 tweak, jib has had some protection from lifeline, doctor stroke nurse tried a little ear work on Ed.More fish needed, or it is tins tomorrow nanos gigantum humeris insidentes. read more...

Clarelsa - Clarelsa sailing into the Sunset

We have 2000 nm to go as at 18.24 UTC.After 5 days at sea we have at last found some decent wind. Moral has improved a hundred fold! . read more...

Adrienne - Seeungeheuer voraus

29.11.2024 … Auf zu neuen Ufern – Tag 6 auf See…18:32 Uhr 22°31,91’N 023°50,39‘WWir haben Susi gefangen. Sie ist 8 m lang und 30 cm stark. Sie hat es auf unsere Schiffsschraube abgesehen. Tanja unsere Skipperin springt bewaffnet über Bord und kämpft tapfer gegen sie.Mit größter Kraftanstrengung wird Susi an Bord gezogen. Was tun mit Susi? Sie ist zu groß zum Transportieren. Keiner möchte Susi essen. Ein paar Teile sollen verarbeitet werden. Susi muss schließlich zurück ins Meer.Eine Frage an unsere Fans: Wer oder was ist Susi? Eine Seeschlange? Eine Auflösung folgt morgen.Nachmittags beschäftigen wir uns wieder mit Astronavigation. Langsam lichten sich die dunklen Wolken im Kopf der Crew. Es werden wieder diverse Bücher und deren Tabellen gewälzt. Mit Stift, Papier und Kopfrechnen. read more...

Snowmane - Snowmane - Day 6

Wow. Day 6. This is the longest we have ever been on one passage before. For me, yesterday was a turning point in the passage. It felt like we settled into the routine and were just enjoying the day. We caught a Mahi Mahi which then triggeredus to film another #SnowmaneDisneySongChallenge video using the song Les Poissons from Little Mermaid. We had a lot of fun with it. Then immediately upon finishing filming we caught a second, much bigger Mahi Mahi. So far three other boats have taken up thechallenge and posted videos of their own. It's one small way of creating a community of boats on the water. Multiple other boats have said they are working on videos. The wind is still very light but we were able to do a reasonable speed with our spinnaker. At sunset we doused the spinnaker and. read more...

Arkyla - L2D8: More broken things

A few more things to add to the snagging list… it’s going to be a busy old time when we get to Grenada!  Last night, for no apparent reason (other than to send me to yet another depth of insanity) the wind, speed and depth instruments decided to unintegrate themselves from the Axiom Multi Function Displays… the data is still there and displaying on the individual instruments, but they are taunting me by not showing centrally - clearly after 5 years of faultless working, holding on for another week was just too much of an ask!  Trying to deal with Raymarine customer support over Iridium bandwidth constraints adds a whole new level of fun to the exercise! Sargassum weed continues to be a persistent thorn in my side; no sooner do I spear it with Neptune’s sabre (boathook) to. read more...

Sea Rose - Day 7 - Thoughts

We are very close to the halfway point to Grenada and all is well onboard Sea Rose. The winds have been remarkably consistent. Blowing somewhere between northeast and east and between 10-18 knots. Most times I look at the instruments it’s right around 14-15 knots. We have settled into a sail configuration that is working well - our asymmetrical spinnaker and a double reefed mainsail. On a few nights we have down shifted to wing and wing with the genoa on a whisker pole. One night we hastily dropped the spinnaker when rain suddenly appeared astern of us, only to see the wind speed drop a bit and an hour later return to normal. The forecast is calling for increased winds tomorrow and carrying through next week which we are excited about. My wife and I are not big fisherpeople but the crew. read more...

Ingrid - Dag 5 - Gennakern - 29 november

Hej allihopa!Detta blir ett kort inlägg med lite information om mvår genneker.I dagarna tre har 7 personer hjälpts åt att sy totalt 17 meter.Stort tack tll Herman, Lea, Anki, Cicci, Britt, KG och David som jobbat stenhårt.Vi hissade nys gennakern och…..DEN ÄR JUST NU UPPE OCH VI ÖKADE FARTEN FRÅN TRE KNOP TILL ÖVER SJU KNOP.TJOHOO!!!!. read more...

Cara of the South - Day 5 (more)

21:30.18N 23:00.14WThe interesting thing about this Tradewind 35, my home for a month, more or less, is that its front deck is big enough to hold a conference, its cockpit is quite small for the size of boat, but below decks is where the design gives the impression that the designer suddenly got a phone call just as he was about to do the front cabin. The main cabin is great, with everything you expect. Move forwards, and the head height becomes lower. Enter the front cabin, and you have to either be a cartoon character or a hamster.So guesswhere the skipper put me? Now, don't get me wrong, I am delighted to be on the ocean, and the cabin suited me just fine. I placed my clothes in the lockers, my bags on the second bunk. And I made myself a little. read more...

Mischievous - The Adventure of Mischievous thanksgivingat sea.

 Greetings,Today is our fourth full day at sea.It is also Thanksgiving day .We all have a lot to be thankful for . I hope you do too.The weather continues to be warm and sunny. The temperature is about 80 degrees during the day. Water temperature is 78 degrees.We had a bit more wind. We were able to put up more sails and we travelled a bit more than the day before,  138 nautical miles.In total we have travelled 722 nautical miles or 830 statute miles. Our cook Isabella was busy in the galley almost all day. She prepared a wonderful Thanksgiving meal for the crew Our bella even made some delicious pecan pies  Part of the crew is from England. In England it is a tradition at a holiday meal to tell a joke or a riddle .Here are a few of ours. Why do the. read more...

Cleone - Cleone ARC 2024 - SITREP 5

Cleone ARC 2024 - SITREP 5Another slow daywith much too much motoring, but some good sailing. And for one brief moment,our Latitude and Longitude were the same.During theprevious twenty four hours despite running the engine for over 7 hours, werecorded a mere 114 miles run. But all of those miles were along the GreatCircle route towards our target of St Lucia, and now there are a mere 2,225miles to go! Given that what wind we have had has been fair, and we have enjoyedeither sunshine or clear night skies above us, you might ask what is there tocomplain about? In the big scheme of things, nothing. But of course there areall sorts of niggles, big and small. These divide into two categories; peopleniggles and yacht niggles. The latter are on the whole more easily dealt withthan the former. read more...

Gertha 5 - Kettle

13.30n 40.00wToday highlight is kettle handle falling off.A dynamicrepair with two holes and some cord.We keep chugging west with a bit more south than ideal, but that is the wind and sail we have.Another fish in today so postponing moving to tins and packets for another day.Someone has broken into boat and stolen all the flour , nothing else.Still either warm, and sunny or just warm, currently warm and dark.nanos gigantum humeris insidentes. read more...

Bluejay - Blog 29/11

Blog 29/11 Hopefully we are in our last day in light winds as our forecast is finally saying our trades are due to fill in tonight so we can finally see Bluejay fly. It has been a testing time of patience and we all cant wait to be cruising at 6-7knots + . The crew are definitely in the swing of things, and working well together and the banter is starting to build between them! Now our bread supply has run out from Las Palmas its time to bake our own - which I can already smell in the oven oozing through the galley. I got woken up last night with the watch Having sighted some strange lights flying by us very quickly. There was nothing on AIS or radar - was very strange! I wondered if it was something to do with us being at 22*22N 022*00W, if you know you know! Everyone eagerly. read more...

Hummingbird - Hummingbird blog 29 november 2024

Hummingbird Blog29 November 2024Patrick sayswe'll learn to love the spinnaker, but I have my own unpublishable name for itright now! Its not the tricky helming or the actual sailing it's the hoistingand dousing. We don't have a snuffer, so taking it down is complicated processof stuffing lines and sail between the foot of the main and boom (theletterbox!), shuffling it down below where it takes up the saloon, galley, mainaccommodation and fore peak. Most of the crew are then involved in rolling tyingwith wool (singing Woolly Bully in harmony) and shoving it into its sail bag.Exhausting!We saw twowhales yesterday, apparently small, but they looked pretty big to me. El has avideo.Some of thefruit is on its last legs, bananas black and kiwis soft, but the apples arestill lush.Doc &. read more...

Frances Louise V - Frances Louise V - November 28th 2024

96 The weather changed on November 28th. There was a lot of cloud in the sky, sometimes quite grey. We could see rain and squalls and blacker clouds in the distance around us. Thankfully never over us. The wind got up into the higher teens, often gusting at 21/22 knots. The sea was quite disturbed. We are now getting swell from a gale off Madeira counteracting with our normal swell and current from Africa/The Trades. However, the swell was not as bad as had been forecast and boat motion, whilst more pronounced, was quite tolerable. Also, not as forecast by all Predict Wind models and the ARC Weather Router, the wind annoyingly swung back southwards and we were off course again. Throughout the day the wind swung from side to side and went up and down. We spent the. read more...

Ingrid - Dag 4 - Bada i Atlanten- 28 november

Vi har börjat hitta lunken här på Ingrid och det känns som vi är ett väloljat maskineri. Stämningen är på topp och det är högt till tak och många, många skratt.Vi fortsätter på vår kurs och idag har det varit. svaga vindar men de ska öka i natt eller imorgon och därefter fortsätta så ett tag.För er som inte har kollat via YB Racesappen kan vi med stolthet berätta att kl 12.30 idag hade vi TRETTIOEN båtar bakom oss och vi startade alltså 27 timmar senare än alla andra! Nu är vårt nästa delmål att köra om Neptuno som också är en More Sailingbåt. Kl 12.30 var det bara 31 sjömil mellan oss!Dagens lunch var magisk vi lagade hemgjorda hamburgare på vårt stekbord och Cicci hade bakat hemgjorda hamburgerbröd.Efter lunch så var det så pass lite vind så vi fick hoppa i plurret. Om ni vill kolla. read more...

Ingrid - Dag 4 - Bada i Atlanten- 28 november

Vi har börjat hitta lunken här på Ingrid och det känns som vi är ett väloljat maskineri. Stämningen är på topp och det är högt till tak och många, många skratt.Vi fortsätter på vår kurs och idag har det varit. svaga vindar men de ska öka i natt eller imorgon och därefter fortsätta så ett tag.För er som inte har kollat via YB Racesappen kan vi med stolthet berätta att kl 12.30 idag hade vi TRETTIOEN båtar bakom oss och vi startade alltså 27 timmar senare än alla andra! Nu är vårt nästa delmål att köra om Neptuno som också är en More Sailingbåt. Kl 12.30 var det bara 31 sjömil mellan oss!Dagens lunch var magisk vi lagade hemgjorda hamburgare på vårt stekbord och Cicci hade bakat hemgjorda hamburgerbröd.Efter lunch så var det så pass lite vind så vi fick hoppa i plurret. Om ni vill kolla. read more...

Ingrid - Ingrid Dag 3 - Det nappar - 27 november

I natt fick vi tyvärr ta ner Gennakaker då vindarna ökade. Alla i vaktlag 1 plus Herman och David gjorde en strålande insats i beckmörker mitt ute på Atlanten.Natten som följde var lugn och vindarna minskade och tvingade oss att segla mer västerut än vi önskade. Vi vill nämligen ner mer söderut för att sen haka på de fördelaktiga passadvindarna som finns där. Där blåser det från väst till öst mot vårt mål St Lucia.Morgonen började med att återigen hissa vår Gennaker och vi fick direkt möjlighet att segla mer på den kurs vi önskade. Glädjen var dock inte långvarig då vi var tvungna att ta ner den för vi upptäckte en liten reva som sen blev till en enorm reva på 10 m x 1.5 mHerman hissades upp i masten och gjorde ett skydd med ett nät runt om vår radar.Väderutsikterna är lite vind de. read more...

Ingrid - Dag 2 - 27 november - Fiskelycka

I natt fick vi tyvärr ta nerGennakaker då vindarna ökade. Alla i vaktlag 1 plus Herman och David gjorde en strålande insats i beckmörker mitt ute på Atlanten.Natten som följde var lugn och vindarna minskade och tvingade oss att segla mer västerut än vi önskade. Vi vill nämligen ner mer söderut för att sen haka på de fördelaktiga passadvindarna som finns där. Där blåser det från väst till öst mot vårt mål St Lucia.Morgonen började med att återigen hissa vår Gennaker och vi fick direkt möjlighet att segla mer på den kurs vi önskade. Glädjen var dock inte långvarig då vi var tvungna att ta ner den för vi upptäckte en liten reva som sen blev till en enorm reva på 10 m x 1.5 mHerman hissades upp i masten och gjorde ett skydd med ett nät runt om vår radar.Väderutsikterna är lite vind de. read more...

Ingrid - Dag 2 - Pilot Whales - 26 november

Nu har vi spenderat första dygnet på Atlanten.Vi har förflyttat oss runt 145 Nautical Miles med en genomsnittshastighet på 6,4 Knots.Alla har nu gjort två skift var.Team 1: Nikola, Aniki, Cicci och Jonas,arbetar 08-12 och 20-24Team 2: David, Britt, Jörgen och KG,arbetar 12-16 och 24-04Team 3: Herman, Lea, Patrik och Alexandra arbetar 16-20 och 04-08Det har gått väldigt snabbt att komma in i rutinerna och vi känns som ett väloljat maskineri.Idag har vi hissat vår rosa Genoa och har fina vindar.Vi har bjudits på Glasnudelsallad med fläskfärs m Thailändska kryddor, Äppelkaka med vaniljsås (hemgjord, mums) och Gulashgryta.Precis när vi varit ute nästan 24 timmar så ropade någon DELFINER!! Helt plötsligt var vi omringade av jättestora delfinliknande varelser som lekte och hoppade och cirklade. read more...