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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 ...

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...

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...

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...

25 November – Basecamp Mindelo

By Richard. Posted on November 25th, 2017 in Cape Verde, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

16:53N 25:00W Later in the morning of 17 November, after a few hours of kip, we went into the marina at Mindelo. It is a modern, well o...

17 Nov – South to Cape Verde

By Richard. Posted on November 20th, 2017 in Cape Verde, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

16:53N 25W We left La Gomera on Saturday morning. Our destination was Porto Grande and the capital city Mindelo on the island of Sao Vic...

Passage to Cape Verde 16 November at 1800UTC

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

17:32.4N 24:25W With a gentle breeze blowing from the north east all day, we have made steady if uneventful progress towards Mindelo und...

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