by sitesALIVE! | Nov 25, 2016 | Biometrics
[et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all”] Nov. 25th-Dec.1st:...
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...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 24, 2016 | Ship's Logs
In the last two days we’ve made up some ground on the group of boats that have been in front of us for the last week or so. Jean-Yves Bernot, guru of the great French weather routers, when I studied with him last summer, said ‘try to put yourself in a...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 23, 2016 | Ship's Logs
Last night we came up against the precise finickiness of the genoa, our biggest upwind jib. It is masthead height, tacks to the bow, and trims through the ring along with the solent and staysail. Our polars say that upwind it is good to about 13 knots true wind speed....
by Rich Wilson | Nov 22, 2016 | Ship's Logs
Last night we alternated between the solent and genoa. The former goes better to windward, whereas the latter, if going to windward, tends to drive the boat over into excessive heel. Or at least this conflict occurs at very narrow range of wind conditions where one...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 21, 2016 | Ship's Logs
Through yesterday afternoon and into the night, we sailed stably and quite fast. We made minor adjustments to which ballast tanks we filled, or did not, and whether a reef, or not, was useful. One aspect of this boat that is very different from our boat for Vendée...
