by Rich Wilson | Feb 19, 2017
We made very good speeds yesterday, right up against my tolerance for stress and waiting for something to break. I think the only way past that is... read more
by Rich Wilson | Feb 16, 2017
Yesterday we had a long fast run toward the Azores. Finally deciding on common sense to go straight for France when we could, rather than follow the... read more
by Rich Wilson | Feb 14, 2017
We had strong winds last night as the beginning of the big depression started to move to our area. Actually, ours was a secondary depression to the... read more
by Rich Wilson | Feb 13, 2017
We are well off the coast of Morocco. Today, we made a nice little video for one of our sitesALIVE! classes that is in Agadir, Morocco. They are... read more
by Rich Wilson | Feb 12, 2017
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... read more
by Rich Wilson | Feb 11, 2017
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... read more
by Rich Wilson | Feb 10, 2017
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... read more
by Rich Wilson | Feb 9, 2017
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... read more
by Rich Wilson | Feb 8, 2017
Through the night we continued to make progress north. The trade winds have been moderate so far, which is far easier on the boat and skipper.... read more
by Rich Wilson | Feb 7, 2017
Finally, the Northeast trades arrived, or we worked our way far enough north to get into them. They have been more North Northeast than Northeast,... read more
