Crossing the International Date Line

by | Dec 31, 2016 | Ship's Logs

A big event happened today – crossing the International Date Line, from East Longitude, to West Longitude. We are opposite on the Planet from Greenwich, UK, where the Prime Meridian is. Think of it, we are upside down from them – or – they are upside down from us....

Podcasts: Week 8

by | Dec 30, 2016 | Podcasts

December 29: Weather Maneuvers December 28: New Sail Combination December 27: Caution in Chaotic Seas December 25: Screeching to a Halt December 24: Video Ship’s Log: Storm Planning December 23: Slowing Down

And So We Go North

by | Dec 30, 2016 | Ship's Logs

As the smaller low changed the wind direction on us, we gybed northeast. Not only did we have to do that for that low, but there are two depressions coming from New Zealand in the next week, and after much study, we decided to try to get north far enough to minimize...

A True Mariner & Friend

by | Dec 29, 2016 | Ship's Logs

This morning I had a wonderful Skype video call with Captain Murray Lister of our Team of Experts. He and wife Jenny live in Nelson, New Zealand, on the South Island. Murray and I have been friends since he and his shipmates welcomed Steve Pettengill and me into the...

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

by | Dec 28, 2016 | Ship's Logs

Slowly we continue to catch up to the trailing edge of the depression, as the barograph has descended. The wind has stabilized at about 20 knots plus, we continue with the mainsail with 2 reefs, and fractional gennaker. But the storm is stretching out and it will...