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10 December – A Transatlantic Two-handed Escapade

By Richard. Posted on December 19th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

12:00N 061:44.5W Speeding west… After some last-minute admin stuff on Saturday 25 November, we sailed from the anchorage at Mindelo, Cap...

Passage to Grenada – 8 December 1900UTC position

By Richard. Posted on December 8th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

12:00N 59:05W With just under 160 miles to run to the south coast of Grenada this ought to be our last night at sea for a while! We had...

Passage to Grenada – 7 December 1800UTC position

By Richard. Posted on December 7th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

11:58.6N 56:10W After a fast run in the previous 24 hours, the momentum has continued and we have made a further 165 miles towards Grena...

Passage to Grenada – 6 December 1800UTC position

By Richard. Posted on December 6th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

12:00N 53:20W A fresh Easterly breeze is pushing us nicely down towards Grenada and this morning we gybed onto starboard tack for the ho...

Passage to Grenada – 5 December 1900UTC position

By Richard. Posted on December 5th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

12:25N 50:33W Good progress in the last 24 hours with slightly stronger winds requiring reefed sails for much of the night – but champagn...

Passage to Grenada – 4 December 1800UTC position

By Richard. Posted on December 4th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

13:03N 47:42W We continue to make steady progress westwards and now have some 830nm to run to Grenada. We covered 150nm in the last 24 ...

Passage to Grenada – 3 December 1800UTC position

By Richard. Posted on December 3rd, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

14:06.4N 45:13.2W We reached the halfway point yesterday evening as we watched a couple of episodes of ‘Band of Brothers’ – a fine tradi...

Passage to Grenada – 2 December position at 1800UTC

By Richard. Posted on December 2nd, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

14:11.7N 42:34.7W We covered 155 miles in the last 24 hours under white sails. We crossed paths again with the Dutch yacht Mirabella wh...

Passage to Grenada – 1 December position at 1800UTC

By Richard. Posted on December 1st, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

14:09N 39:53W 160 miles run in the last 24 hours, mostly under white sails. Had our first decent interaction with bottlenosed dolphins ...

Passage to Grenada – 30 November 1800UTC position

By Richard. Posted on November 30th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

14:13.2N 37:13.3W Our push south yesterday evening has rewarded us with a fairly steady 12 – 15 knot easterly breeze and a push from the...

Passage to Grenada – 29 November 1800UTC Position

By Richard. Posted on November 29th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

15:01N 34:55W Turned the clocks back an hour today so we are now two hours behind UK and some 580 miles west of the Cape Verde islands. ...

Passage to Grenada – 28 November 1800UTC position

By Richard. Posted on November 28th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

15:44.6N 32:28W Straightforward day with a fresh north easterly wind combining with the North Equatorial Current to push us along at ove...

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