Sunday 1 December 2013
Day 7 and we had the winds we’ve been seeking to get us south. It also came with a very lumpy sea state. But we were doing good speeds of 6-8kts so were happy. Given the sea state “Scrub the Crew day Episode II” didn’t happen. Well Susie bucked the trend and showered only to…
Saturday 30 November 2013
Day 7 has dawned on Adina and we are sailing in the winds to the east of our route that we have been chasing. 17-20 knots we’re ticking along nicely. That said the sea state is somewhat akin to a washing machine and sleep was one thing a little lacking last night. We found the…
Friday 29 November 2013
Day 5 dawned with sadly no wind and us motoring. Which we don’t really want to do – we are here to sail an Ocean! Each day the skippers get together for a chat on the radio around 1pm. It is now clear there are a lot of boats that motored from day 1 and…
Thursday 28 November 2013
Day 4 onboard Adina and yet again we were beset by light winds and indeed sailed upwind which is not normal for this time of year. We’ve been trying to sail gybing or tacking which explains why we’re back of our fleet as most boats have motored and are now having to go into the…
Wednesday 27 November 2013
Good morning from the crew of Adina! Day 3 we experienced some light to moderate winds and kept east to try and stay with the wind. Out West there is little wind. Sea legs are now in place and Gareth and Tom rigged the spinnaker pole so we could ‘goose wing’. For our non-sailing friends…
Tuesday 26 November 2013
Dawn on day 2 treated us to cloudy skies but more importantly some wind. We discovered on tuning in to the daily ARC call for sailing participants that most boats had used their engines and motored through the windless night so were way ahead of us leaving us at the back. But we are sailors…
Monday 25 November 2013
Adina slipped lines at 12.05 on her planned journey across the Atlantic. Onboard are Tom, Susie, Lindsay, Neil and Gareth. Leaving was tremendous fun with crowds lining the marina walls waving, and a band playing, as we joined in blasting our fog horn. Susie touched us all waving to her parents shouting “Bye Mum, Bye…