A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Second Wind

Second Wind

1980 Nordic 44 Light gray hull, cutter rig Hard dodger, enclosure also light gray Black trim and bottom MMSI #367525340

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Posted: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 - 14:39

Similar conditions to yesterday, but we decided we needed to head more upwind so we wouldn't get too far east too soon. By mid afternoon when wind and seas increased that made for very aggressive

Posted: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 - 14:48

Having a rough ride. We need to be heading more north but any further upwind would be brutal. It would be more comfortable to fall off the wind more, but if we head that direction we'll have to crawl

Posted: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 - 14:21

By heaving to rather than run with the system, we were in more favorable wind within 6 hours; the price paid of fewer miles toward our destination was worth it. We've been traveling nicely today

Posted: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 - 15:33

We're in the midst of a low that a previous forecast showed passing over by this evening. Unfortunately we're having trouble with SSB transmission and haven't been able to receive a current forecast

Posted: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 - 15:33

The wind behaved as predicted so we are indeed still upwind but on a better course (and not even bashing much). It's gotten quite cold already for us tropical wimps, so the thought of another 1000

Posted: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 - 17:06

The wind behaved as predicted so we are indeed still upwind but on a better course (and not even bashing much). It's gotten quite cold already for us tropical wimps, so the thought of another 1000

Posted: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 - 14:57

The wind behaved as predicted so we are indeed still upwind but on a better course (and not even bashing much). It's gotten quite cold already for us tropical wimps, so the thought of another 1000

Posted: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 - 14:45

The wind behaved as predicted so we are indeed still upwind but on a better course (and not even bashing much). It's gotten quite cold already for us tropical wimps, so the thought of another 1000

Posted: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 - 14:24

The wind behaved as predicted so we are indeed still upwind but on a better course (and not even bashing much). It's gotten quite cold already for us tropical wimps, so the thought of another 1000

Posted: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 - 14:30

We finally got into some wind, though distance made good to our destination has not improved because we're bashing upwind and off our desired course. However, it's not worse than we expected, and the

Posted: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 - 14:03

In spite of the light wind we've been able to keep sailing at an acceptable pace. That said, being off course and having to jibe downwind the last couple of days means our distance made good has been

Posted: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 - 13:33

The previous wind shift took us off our desired course, but at least we can still have the sails up. And another plus: we came across a glass ball! An incredible stroke of luck, and in the calm air

Posted: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 - 13:54

Sailing very slowly can be called ghosting, but last night we were truly a ghost ship: creeping along silently in fog. We are far enough north to need jackets and sweats on night watch, but not far

Posted: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 - 13:24

So far this has been a surprisingly slow trip. Wind got over 20k yesterday, but today we are back in light airs that are forecast to be in our area for at least a few days. At least we are able to

Posted: Sun, 31 May 2020 - 13:33

A good day. We have plenty of wind and are now a fourth of the distance toward our destination.

Posted: Sat, 30 May 2020 - 14:12

Fuel is a concern on a passage of this distance, but when the wind died last night we decided to motor. We needed the engine on to run the watermaker (=refill the empty tank), plus there was good

Posted: Fri, 29 May 2020 - 13:57

In the Excitement Of The Day Contest, 2nd runner up goes to the freighter that came within a mile of us (sure were glad we had the AIS). 1st runner up was watching a green glow (not quite a green

Posted: Thu, 28 May 2020 - 14:06

When our speed dropped below 2k last night and we couldn't keep the sails from slatting, we ended up having to motor. Thankfully the wind picked up this morning and we are having another lovely sail

Posted: Wed, 27 May 2020 - 13:15

At twilight yesterday 4 boobies played with the wind around our sails until dark, then 2 of them rode on the bow pulpit until dawn. We had a good run overnight, but the wind died today and we are

Posted: Tue, 26 May 2020 - 13:18

A lovely start to our passage! We were delighted to see the Southern Cross just above the horizon last night, a final farewell to the tropics. Now we're moving along nicely in a light breeze.

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