Sunday July 30 We did 96 NM yesterday in 24 hours and that’s a new record for this leg of the adventure. The sea-state is still very angry but moving[…]
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Month: July 2023
To Azores Day 5
Saturday, July 29 James’ 12:00-12:30 pm watch: Dena and I talked about people of color in our writing. James’ 1-4pm watch: I managed to get her nice and balanced on[…]
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To Azores Day 4
Friday, July 28 Noontime watch: we split the 12:00 hour into two 30 minute “workout” watches. It gives us an odd switch over so we don’t get stuck with the[…]
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To Azores Day 3
Thursday, July 27 At midday’s 8 bells we had 1666nm before us to Horta… We’ve switched up the watch schedule to include a 3 hour private time for each of[…]
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To Azores Day 2
Wednesday, July 26 Dena’s 12:30-1 pm watch: The sun, wow…it somehow sucked the wind off the surface of the north Atlantic flow…then it came back up, then…our world breathes like[…]
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To Azores Day 1
Tuesday July 25 Planning a sailing voyage that’s going to take weeks is a funny thing to do. We won’t be meeting any schedules (by setting minimum speeds and such,[…]
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Watching Don from Bermuda
We are officially waiting. Tropical storm Don is circling (WTF!?!) between Bermuda and the Azores. If we were to leave today (which we strongly considered), we would run into the[…]
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A sail across an ocean in the Verse
999.9 nautical miles in 13 days, 3 hours and 30 minutes and just like that, we’re in Bermuda. The End! Kidding! We did it. We sailed to Bermuda from Fk.[…]
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To Bermuda, Day 14
S/V SN-E Cetacea Log Day 14 – 67.2 NM 7/10/2023 James’ 6-7 pm watch 6:13 pm: Just got off the VHF after a second attempt to communicate with Bermuda Radio on[…]
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To Bermuda, Day 13
S/V SN-E Cetacea Log Day 13 – 79.2 NM 7/9/2023 James’ 3-4 pm watch I (Dena) pushed back when James said, at the end of his 1-3 pm watch, that[…]
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