by Rich Wilson | Jan 14, 2017
Every 6 hours I get a new GRIB file for the weather forecasts. Every 6 hours it seems that the essence stays the same, but the wind strengths at... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 13, 2017
What an eventful 24 hours. We were in the bulls-eye of the strong winds for the depression. Solent to staysail to storm jib, and 1 reef to 2 reefs... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 12, 2017
Wednesday, January 11th: The depression that is forecast approaches. As we are 4th in the group, we will likely get it the worst, since it will... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 10, 2017
The defining characteristic of these past few days has been gray, gray, gray, overcast and gray. It seems as though we have not seen the sun... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 8, 2017
We stayed just in front of the strongest winds of the second depression, and squeezed up against the high. As that depression then slid Southeast,... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 7, 2017
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by Rich Wilson | Jan 6, 2017
We got through the night OK, close reaching across the waves and into them a little bit, with staysail and 2 reefs in the mainsail. Mostly 25 knots... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 5, 2017
Our plan to stay east in front of the next depression was a good one, and we mostly have done that , but have been caught by the front of the... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 5, 2017
This has been the nicest day of sailing that we’ve had in one might say months, which is probably just about true. We’ve had a lot of sunshine,... read more
by Rich Wilson | Jan 3, 2017
Today we are trying to get to the east enough to be spared the next depression, or at least the worst of the next depression. But we have light... read more