Riding the Gulf Steam
04 June 2008 23:00UTC 37’34N 069’01W Our log says ’15:30, entered the Gulf Stream’. In fact, what we came into first was a north flowing eddy, and the speed jumped from seven and a half knots to nearly ten. The wind has built nicely, now twenty knots from behind us, so we are reaching fast […]
Wiggling around the atlantic
03 June 2008 21:15UTC 35’30N 067’34W It’s been a very varied twenty four hours, with winds from all around the compass and from almost nothing to a good 15-18 knots. We’ve taken a turn westwards, and I’ll tell you why but first I have to tell you about Herb. Herb is a legend among the […]