by Rich Wilson | Dec 21, 2016
We had a fantastic encounter today when my friend Eric Bellion came roaring up from behind us and passed us close aboard. I had seen him coming on... read more
by Rich Wilson | Dec 20, 2016
Yesterday’s rush with the big fractional gennaker was amazing. We hit 27.5 knots of boat speed on 29 knots of wind. For me, I’m always... read more
by Rich Wilson | Dec 19, 2016
Before the night, it was grey, grey, grey all day as we were in between then depressions. Then, as in the lyrics of Camelot – ‘for one brief... read more
by Rich Wilson | Dec 18, 2016
Last night we had a high speed power sail, still it seemed tacked onto the tail end of the previous storm. 25-30 knots of wind, 2 reefs in the... read more
by Rich Wilson | Dec 17, 2016
Last night I watched the barograph, tenth of millibar by tenth of millibar rise, but incredibly slowly because essentially we were going at the same... read more
by Rich Wilson | Dec 16, 2016
The past 24 hours has been in the cold front of the depression. Winds have finally come down from the average of 45 knots for a 16 hour period, and... read more
by Rich Wilson | Dec 15, 2016
Last night we endured the warm front and strong winds of this depression. The barograph plummeted, the wind got up to 35-40 knots. We started with 3... read more
by Rich Wilson | Dec 14, 2016
After the big 2 hour sail change effort last evening, I zipped myself into the 20° F / -6.6° C sleeping bag, and had several hour long sleeps... read more
by Rich Wilson | Dec 13, 2016
We are pushing very hard to get east across the top of the Kerguelen Shelf before the big depression gets here in 36 hours. Our plan is to then head... read more
by Rich Wilson | Dec 12, 2016
Yesterday I was happy to make a nice repair on the hydrogenerator leg pull down rope. But it was a bit scary. The hydrogenerator is like a reverse... read more
