Saltair Afloat

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...