by Rich Wilson | Feb 12, 2017 | Ship's Logs
We encountered an interesting condition today, the harmattan, which is when the fine powder sand of the Sahara Desert is blown out to sea. We are about 1250 miles west of the desert. When I went to lower the genoa cable (a mast supporting cable in place of the genoa...
by sitesALIVE! | Feb 11, 2017 | Biometrics
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by Rich Wilson | Feb 11, 2017 | Ship's Logs
We are finally out of the worst of the pounding of the trade winds, we still have 15-25 knots of wind, but the direction has shifted from Northeast to East approximately, and the seas have followed, so as we head North, we are not going so much into the waves. There...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 10, 2017 | Ship's Logs
We’ve reached the 20 degree north line, which is approximately the outer limits for the trade winds. They’ve moved north a little bit, over the last couple of days, so we’re still in them, but they should be diminishing in the next 24 hours or so. 20 degrees north is...
by sitesALIVE! | Feb 10, 2017 | Podcasts
February 09: Rough Progress February 08: Working Our Way Through the Northeast Trades February 07: North into the Trade Winds February 05: Crossing the Equator for the 14th Time February 04: Approaching the Equator
by Rich Wilson | Feb 9, 2017 | Ship's Logs
We are at the latitude of the windward leeward islands down in the Caribbean and just about half way across Africa. We are getting occasional notifications through the Inmarsat-C, reports about piracy, warnings to stay away from some of the coastal towns off Western...
