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…
Sunday 8 December 2013
Day 14 and the crew kindly chose not to wake Skippy and let him catch up on sleep – he’s looking a lot better for it and full of mischief again. The wind forecast for the day was for anything from NE to SE, and added to that the sea state has become confused from…
Sunday 8 December 2013
Day 13 dawned with the parasailor having done another night of sterling work. What’s been good about the parasailor is it has allowed us to steer very deep and hence keep to our rhumb line as the winds swing to the east and are right behind us. In light winds it keeps us going whereas…
Friday 6 December 2013
Day 12 and Adina is getting into a rhythm of life at sea. People appear at various stages of the morning and by afternoon everyone is up. A lot of reading books now – heck even Skip is reading a book. Tom’s reading Tom Sharpe’s Wilt Alternative, Susie has Ben Ainslie, Neil is reading The…
Friday 6 December 2013
Day 11 dawned with the same light winds that continue to taunt us. The motorers ahead have now got good winds. We’ve just got to stick it out and hope our fortune changes sometime. We got our downwind spinnaker up – to be specific our parasailor. For those who have not seen one, a quick…