Monday 16 December 2013
Day 21 and more Atlantic mountains and more wind. Minds are definitely swinging towards thoughts of the finish line – one moment thinking of the joy of making it, next moment the relief of making it! And more 40 knot squalls – one person tends to stay upstairs and steers the boat through high winds…
Saturday 14 December 2013
So Day 20 on Adina…golly it’s starting to feel like groundhog day! Where is that finish line?? Most used expression today had to be “Wow – look at that one!” in reference to yet another mountainous wave rising above the stern. Winds of 25 plus knots all day long and big Atlantic waves. On a…
Friday 13 December 2013
Day 19 – more wind, more lumpy sea. This is the real Atlantic. It’s good to have the wind but these seas are putting a lot of stress on all the yachts out here. One yacht has lost it’s mast. Picture taking your home and then putting it on the sea. Everything is shaken around…
Friday 13 December 2013
So we’ve got pots of wind now – sadly it’s right from astern of us so we are having to gybe (zig-zag) along our planned line to St.Lucia. That’ll mean a day or more extra to get to St.Lucia (factor that into your quiz answer from yesterday). At the moment the waves are too rolly…
Thursday 12 December 2013
Day 17 and we had wind – lot’s of it. Against that, the washing machine style seas were back. On a boat things tend to take twice as long to do as you move all over the place. When the seas really start going things take four times as long and you have to plan…
Tuesday 10 December 2013
Day 16 dawned with little wind and we were still using diesel to propel us. Come 11am, following a squall and a nice rain shower, that all changed. 14 knots of wind and we had the sails out faster than you can say jack flash! Life is never quiet and for some inexplicable reason our…
Monday 9 December 2013
It’s Harold the much-loved mallard duck here doing a guest blog for Adina! I featured in a blog just the other day – for those of you who’ve forgotten, I belong to Neil’s wife Hallie. I’m crossing the Atlantic with Neil while Hallie looks after baby Amelie who will be meeting us in St.Lucia. I…