Well I gather that you all realise that we have made it. My last blog I think puts us somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic with a crazy German guy called Bernie and since I have not seen any news of anyone searching for us or our boat, I guess you all know we made it and are safe in the West Indies (That is until I get round to updating the blog).
We are now on St Lucia WI, our second Island in the Windward Islands enjoying the Rodney Bay Marina. But perhaps I should go back to ...<< MORE >>

14deg 28'.55N 51deg 23'.12W

It´s 0530 on Monday morning with a slight drizzle outside after what has been a most comfortable night of watches. It has only rained on my shift for some reason....

The last couple of days we have seen the Atlantic in good form with Saturday night being a night of true tropical squall and high seas - reliable estimates of the wave size were 5-6m, unreliable one out them at 30m plus and winds were gusting up to 40knots - so gale force. Karen decided that she really didn´t like this part of the sailing where ...<< MORE >>

16Deg 07.959N 41Deg 24.310W

There ain´t no blue skies around here. Since we arrived in the tropics (23.5N) we have seen no blue skies, no sun, no dolphins, no palm trees and no rum shop! I think it is a big hoax! Fortunately for Karen and I we have our full winter wardrobe but Bernie only has a couple of pairs of shorts, a windcheater and the wet weather jacket he bought in Las Palmas which he is very grateful for.

On the bright side we are pumping along quite nicely. Today we will average close to 7knots (about 12km ...<< MORE >>

07deg 21.690N 38deg 53.634W

1563 Nautical Miles from Nowhere (Las Palmas to be exact).

Just a quick one while I am trying to get weather down. The passage is starting to speed up now as winds move their way to 26 knots and more squall activity is apparent with gust nudging 30knots and waves up to about 3 meters. << MORE >>

Position: 19deg07'.934N 028deg49'.728W (ie somewhere in the Atlantic - sorry that´s as close as I can guess)
Distance traveled: 986 Nautical miles (about 1800km)
Distance to go: 1956 Nauti miles (about alot more)

So 7 days down and cruising comfortably << MORE >>

Okay I think I am starting to see what the buzz about cruising (as opposed to sitting in marinas waiting for work to be done). I am currently sitting 240 Nautical miles (about 430 kms) off the coast of Morocco on a rhum line to Las Palmas Gran Canaria and everything is going to plan. Let me paint a picture of the last 48 hours.....
Friday night, off the coast of Portugal, after cooking Duck a l'Orange for the crew ( yeah I know Macca, I'm a disgrace but you will also be pleased to know that at least one of ...<< MORE >>