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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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. ...

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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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Passage to Grenada 27 November – 1800UTC position

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

16:14N 29:37W Happy Birthday Anna – lovely to speak to you! Steady north easterly Trade Winds have pushed us west today under an overcast...

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Passage to Grenada 26 Nov 2017 – 1800UTC position

By Richard. Posted on November 26th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Ocean passages.

16:29N 26:50W Departed Mindelo on Saturday evening. Very slow progress overnight due to almost complete lack of wind. Today it has gra...

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