Hi all, A different day, a different tack. If you would have asked me before this trip, tacking in the middle of the southern ocean wouldn't have been one of my first guesses. But today we did :-) The...
Hi all, Slow sailing on various courses with various wind directions. During the day we came to a close hauled course. Not too close, because there is not so much wind and the speed is as important as the...
It is 1773. Captain James Cook sails the Resolution in his second expedition of discovery in search for the legendary Terra Incognita Australis . Aboard accompany him the naturalists Johann Reinhold Forster...
Hi all, A nice downwind sailing day it was. Coming onto watch at 4 with the blue watch was a celebration because Lael has her birthday today. There happened a lot of singing in those early morning hours....
Hi all, Let's get back to the plan of yesterday. To sail on the North side of that small low. That looked quite good.... until 4:55 this morning. When I got on watch at 4 we were sailing fast easterly with...
The Spring Equinox comes with weather changes. From a fair breeze and sunshine to rainy and windy conditions, use to abate again to light airs. The Austral winter is over , and...
It's springtime! Of course autumn is beautiful too, but on board people celebrated the spring. The weather was accordingly. Not much wind, sunshine, no squalls. A beautiful day by itself. Of course I would...
Hi all, The wind did decrease. Unfortunately but true. During the night it was squally. Around the squalls the wind increased, decreased and moved around all 360 degrees. At a certain point within 5 minutes...
200nm behind us counted from noon to noon. A good day of sailing on a southeasterly course at an average speed of just over 8kn. Yesterday, showers and squalls made for dressing on waterproof and foul weather...
Hi all, After a couple of days with quite some wind, the wind is now slowly decreasing. We're in the process of setting the royals and outer jib back up. The distance from noon to noon was a good 200 NM! Some...