Happy Birthday to You
29 May 2008 19:15UTC 29’31N 064’30W One of our crew, Doug, has his birthday today! We’ve made a (cheese)cake to celebrate and will be opening a halfway decent bottle of wine with dinner. Doug brought top quality Dominican cigars for each of us so we will also be lounging in the cockpit at sundown. For […]
Lethargy
28 May 08 20:20UTC 27’17N 064’28W It’s hot, there’s no wind and we’re motoring. It’s hard to summon up the energy to move and the thrum of the engine works it’s way into every nerve and fibre inducing a semi-comatose state among the crew. We can be thankful that the first four days had such […]
Meanwhile in Michigan
Gesa writes again about their days up north… Today we have had a complete turn around in the weather. Still beautiful and sunny but a severe drop in temperature (ground frost warning for tonight). Yesterday I was hot running around in my sun dress (temp about 28C); today my fingers are numb, my nose cold, […]
Fish!
27 May 08 19:10UTC 24’57N 064’37W We had a quiet night and I was on watch 4-6am. It got light at five so I set out the fishing lines again and read some more of my book before handing over at six to Dave. Doug had woken up and went on deck too. I was […]
Do Planters Sill Vu Play
26 May 08 21:40UTC 22’57N 064’26W It’s cocktail time (last night, Santos Dewi Libre, Rum, sprite, lime, ice) Dave tells us of arriving in Martinique, ready for a drink and sitting at the bar asking the barman ‘two like that please’ pointing at the drinks of the previous customer. Gallic shrug and shake of the […]
Meanwhile, up in Milford…
Gesa writes to us every day with what’s happening up there in Michigan, so I thought I’d share that with our readers… This is Saturday 24th. All had a good day today. Plenty of playing and running around, with only a few discipline issues. Kids get on great. Glad the timing of our arrival coincides […]
Moving north
25 May 08 19:45UTC 20’52N 064’48W Over twenty four hours in and we’re making good progress northwards. Our first day’s run was a very respectable hundred and forty miles and we had a comfortable night. Since then the wind has shifted behind us which means we’re rolling – memories of the Atlantic crossing – but […]
Issieism
Dave B, who used to own Ty Dewi, is crewing with us on this trip and arrived a couple of days early. He graciously offered to look after the kids for a couple of hours whilst Gesa and I did the shopping. Despite being an experienced grandfather, I think he was pleased when we returned […]
Underway
24 May 08 20:45UTC 18’38N 065’03W Well, we’ve left the Caribbean for the season. Gesa, Issie and Max caught a flight to Miami and then Detroit yesterday afternoon, arriving after midnight but safe and sound. The rest of our crew (Doug and Ken, Dave having arrived Weds) turned up at the airport later. St Thomas […]
Leaving the Caribbean
So the time has come for us to leave these waters and head north for the summer. Gesa and the kids are in final packing preparations for their flight this afternoon. The airport is two minutes walk from the beach where we can land the dinghy, which sure beats the old Cambridge – Gatwick two […]