by Rich Wilson | Nov 30, 2016 | Ship's Logs
Through the night we had steady speeds, but not so high as the others. In a confused weather system, some will find wind, and some find less wind. I tried to force some extra sleep, as without the wind, there is little you can do to improve the speed. In the back of...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 29, 2016 | Ship's Logs
Through the night we had a diversity of conditions, culminating with the 90 degree wind shift when we reached the center ridge of the high pressure system, identified by the barograph. Oddly, it was almost 90 miles earlier than the weather forecasts indicated. I was...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 28, 2016 | Ship's Logs
A beautiful afternoon with blue sea and blue sky. Sailed with genoa from midnight on. Flew school flags for photos. Spoke the tanker Apollonia, from Persian Gulf for Brazil. First saw on AIS, see photo. Have gone through several routing scenarios as the next 24 hours...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 27, 2016 | Ship's Logs
Another long day and night. In the aftermath of crossing the front between the two high pressure systems, which didn’t have anywhere near as much wind as one might have expected, we then headed off to the east, oddly back toward the front, with the forecast...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 26, 2016 | Ship's Logs
In place of the ship’s log, please listen to today’s audio report for an overview of the last 24 hours.
by Rich Wilson | Nov 25, 2016 | Ship's Logs
Yesterday was an important US holiday, Thanksgiving Day, for families and friends. We seem a long way from home, now 19 days at sea, yet almost at the start of this around-the-world adventure and race. So many more miles before we see family and friends in person. Yet...
