Monthly Archives: August 2005

After yesterday’s entry the wind continued to pick up until by midnight it was blowing a good 20 knots, gusting to 25. This continued all night and the swell soon built up to around 2-3 metres, coming from the starboard … Continue reading →

Spending the last couple of days virtually becalmed might have tried my patience were it not for a little rhyme my grandmother taught me when I was a wee nipper: “Patience is a virtue, Virtue is a grace, Grace is … Continue reading →

There isn’t much to see out here in the middle of the ocean, apart of course from the sea and the sky, which are both very blue and very big but tend to look the same after a few days. … Continue reading →

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 →