Author Archives: Piers Barnes-Sherwood

First of all, thank you to everyone for all your emails, I’m afraid I haven’t had time to answer them all as I have very little power available so can’t charge the laptop very often at the moment. When I … Continue reading →

I had a slight panic today when I thought I ought to check the fuel gauge and saw to my horror that it was reading empty. Oh no! How could that have happened? Actually come to think of it I … Continue reading →

So far on this trip I’ve tried sleeping in a variety of places around the boat, and for the last couple of nights have found the quietest place with the least movement is the crew cabin behind the chart table. … Continue reading →

It would seem that Odyssey is of the same opinion as me and doesn’t like going to windward. You will see on the map that our progress over the last 24 hours was pathetic, due to the wind coming from … Continue reading →

I’ll soon have been at sea for a whole week, by far my longest non-stop voyage, and have settled into a nice easy routine. I normally get up around 8, or nearer 9 if I’m feeling lazy, but don’t forget … Continue reading →

I guess I should come clean and admit that I made a slight navigational error early on in my trip, setting off merrily towards Bermuda as soon as I was clear of the Bahamas. All went well until the wind … Continue reading →

The wind picked up a little after I wrote yesterday’s entry so I managed to sail for a couple of hours but by around 1pm it started playing silly beggars, suddenly switching direction randomly before fading away completely. I tried … Continue reading →

I got up in the middle of the night to attend to a call of nature and found someone had got there first. “Oh, excuse me”, I said, and was about to shut the door when I woke up properly … Continue reading →

It’s now mid-morning on Day 3 of my journey, and I can’t believe just how blue the Atlantic is. Not the light turquoise of your typical tropical beach postcard, but a deep rich blue with a beautiful clarity and feeling … Continue reading →

Yesterday was all a bit of a mad rush as I raced around getting the last few things I needed. I was finally ready to set off at around 5pm, and said my farewells to Beach Villas. My neighbour, Ray, … Continue reading →