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North Atlantic 2017 – 2019

This blog was first published by the clever chaps at Mailasail as we travelled clockwise from Gosport to Cape Verde, Grenada, Cuba, Nova Scotia and home with stops in between.

The original version had a number of entries posted from the high seas via our Iridium Pilot satellite. These were deliberately short, devoid of colourful pictures and designed primarily to reassure our family and friends that we hadn’t foundered overnight.

The edited version is republished here with better quality photographs and one or two teeny typo corrections. And we’ve removed most of those mid-ocean position reports because they don’t add much to your reading pleasure five years on! You may find the remaining articles useful in deciding whether or not to visit the same places yourselves. We’d be delighted to hear of your experiences – has it changed since we blundered through?

If you’d like to read the glorious original, you still can at Escapade of Rame (mailasail.com)

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17 May 2019 – passage from the Azores to Gosport – the last leg

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

50:47.3N 001:07.2W Friday 17 May may have been a little grey and wet along the south coast of England, but the last leg of our passage fr...

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16 May 2019 – Passage from the Azores to Gosport – a Cornish pitstop (er… pasty stop)

By Richard. Posted on May 16th, 2019 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

50:09N 005:04W Sorry this is a bit late… we’ve been in the pub! We reached Falmouth at 2300 last night after an interesting sail no...

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15 May 2019 – Passage from the Azores to Gosport, Day 9

By Richard. Posted on May 15th, 2019 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

49:43N 006:23W We are ten miles south of the Scilly Isles heading in towards Mounts Bay and Penzance and have around 70 miles to run to F...

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12 May 2019 – Passage from the Azores to Gosport, Day 6

By Richard. Posted on May 12th, 2019 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

45:40N 13:50W We have covered 175nm in the last 24 hours and are over 850 miles from the Azores with 375nm to run to the Ushant Traffic ...

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11 May 2019 – Passage from the Azores to Gosport, Day 5

By Richard. Posted on May 11th, 2019 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

44:36N 17:14W We continue to make good progress towards the South West Approaches, covering over 175nm in the last 24 hours. We now have...

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6 May 2019 – Transatlantic Part 1 review – and some Azorean delights

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

38:31.8N 028:37.6W Faial at dawn We arrived in Horta, the main town on the island of Faial in the Azores, mid-morning on Thursday 2 May ...

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2 May 2019 – Arrival at Horta, Azores

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

38:31.8N 28:37.56W We motored for much of yesterday, but the wind eventually filled in from the south east after sunset and a few hours ...

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1 May 2019 – on passage to the Azores, Day 19

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

36:56N 31:21.5W Despite some variable winds, we have made good progress in the last 24 hours and are now just 160 miles from Horta. Curr...

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28 April 2019 – on passage to the Azores, Day 16

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

32:14.8N 037:15.5W The splendid downwind sailing of yesterday morning has not lasted, although we carried the remnants of the breeze thr...

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27 April 2019 – on passage to the Azores, Day 15

By Richard. Posted on April 27th, 2019 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

31:11N 39:08W Yesterday afternoon the wind died off and we started to experiment with some unusual sail combinations in an effort to kee...

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24 April 2019 – on passage to the Azores

By Richard. Posted on April 24th, 2019 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

28:51.6N 45:21.2W We have sailed just 132 miles in the last 24 hours and are now 1117 miles from Punta Delgada. The weather continues t...

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20 April 2019 – on passage to the Azores

By Richard. Posted on April 20th, 2019 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

Strong winds and rough seas for much of yesterday and overnight slowed our progress as we decided to focus on reducing stress on the boat...

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