Our Atlantic crossing exposed some significant weaknesses in our downwind sail plan which we are now working to resolve. Our principal trade wind sail is our blue water runner, which is flown withou ...
The Best Laid Plans
By now, those of you who have been following our tracker and our blog may have noticed that the 2024 World ARC departed Saint Lucia towards Panama in early January without us. We reluctantly decided ...
Atlantic Crossing Finish
We crossed the ARC finish line in Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia at 7:10 am local time on December 7th, a few hours shy of 18 days after we started in Gran Canaria. We sailed 3177 nautical miles, roughly 37 ...
Christmas Mangos and Bats
This year's holiday season is very different for us. We spent so much energy on the crossing and getting the boat ready that somehow we were unprepared for Hanukkah starting on the night we finished o ...
Martique with Paul & Helene
Our dear friends from San Francisco, Paul, Helene, Eric and Sophie came to visit the week before Christmas and brought a big dose of cheer and Christmas spirit with them. Helene stashed lots of heartw ...
Invasion of the flying fish, pancakes and big rollers
Last night was the most rolly yet! Big swells from different directions and 20-22 knots with higher gusts of wind! The content of the boat was shifting back and forth creating a lot of noise! I padde ...
Smooth sailing….
Last couple days have been really good! I would say smooth sailing but the sea is quite confused and is quite rolly! Our route has taken us pretty South to stay in the wind and the extra miles have pa ...
1100 Miles from Anywhere
Adam here. Tonight I’m on the midnight to three watch. It is a beautifully starry night with an almost full moon punctuated by scattered trade wind clouds. The wind is a bit shifty and gusty though ...
It is a good day on Saltair… and the importance of great crew
The last few days have been consumed with boat work, we have had a challenge with water ingress in the lazarette since we started with the boat and even after two repairs the problem is back! It is no ...
Thanksgiving and breaking up the routine
Thanksgiving was in Day 4 of our crossing and the winds have been light. There is a swell but we are all handling the motion well! My meal planning consists of a rolling 7 day plan to keep things var ...