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 ...
Martique with Paul & Helene
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 ...
Sealabs Citizen Project
We decided to do a citizen science project called Sealabs where, as we cross the Atlantic we will take water samples and send the numbers back to Sealabs. When we picked up the kit at the ARC of ...
Start of our Atlantic crossing
The last week has been really busy getting ready for the start of our Atlantic crossing with the ARC. Our scheduled departure was November 19 and as the date approached all of us were busy. Adam was m ...
Halloween for Cruisers
The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) is an annual transatlantic sailing event (rally) that starts in November in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and finishes at Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia, in the Caribbean. ...
Family Time
Saltair has been in Las Palmas Gran Canaria for over a month and we have made a lot of progress on our repairs and improvements ! The last couple weeks have been focused on family and spending time wi ...