by Rich Wilson | Jan 26, 2017
We’re about 900 miles east northeast of Buenos Aires, so we’re making slow progress north. We are trapped in a big depression, yet again. We keep... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 25, 2017
We’re making some progress north, or, we’re trying to. We just got clobbered through the night, with 30 knots of wind, upwind, into the big building... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 24, 2017
A good night last night as well. I was able to get the sails set well, and the boat went upwind well. We were not going fast enough to catch up, but... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 23, 2017
A much better night than the previous one. We found a slot going northeast on our targeted course, at high speed and easy on the boat. Genoa and... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 22, 2017
A very bad night last night. Our weather GRIB files, 2 different models, predicted big areas of 20 knots or 25 knots of wind from the north. Instead... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 21, 2017
Back into the fog last night, solent and full main, and finally solent and one reef as the breeze increased. We have a radar but it seems to not be... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 20, 2017
Last evening, I came on deck to see the sun and Venus setting. The sky was clear and blue and Venus was amazingly sharp and bright. I had had a... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 19, 2017
It was a long approach to Cape Horn, and then a long passage around Diego Ramirez Island and the continental shelf, and then a long gybe Northeast... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 17, 2017
“Rich Wilson aboard Great American IV. And behind me, is the southern ocean and Cape Horn, that we passed, about 29 miles off, this morning,... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 16, 2017
I’m going to you a show a little bit of a primer about why we’ve chosen our route here, out around the Continental Shelf off Tierra del... read more
