We woke up early to sail from Faial to São Jorge because we had no idea what it would take to get that hook off the bottom. It was a[…]
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Category: Life Under Sail
Enjoying Horta
I (Dena) just folded a long grocery store receipt and had one of those thrilling moments that is so very prosaic when it comes down to it. The receipt is[…]
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29 days at home
Wrapping up into usable sound bites and elevator pitches an adventure such as our trans-Atlantic passage needs another kind of author altogether, maybe an author who thinks they don’t write[…]
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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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To Bermuda, Day 12
S/V SN-E Cetacea Log Day 12 – 102.3 NM 7/8/2023 Dena’s 1-2 pm watch The rambunctious seas are foam-streaked but the foam slides down the far side. I (Dena) remember[…]
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To Bermuda, Day 11
S/V SN-E Cetacea Log Day 11 – 83.2 NM 7/7/2023 Dena’s 2-3 pm watch 2:14 pm Two rounds of rain and I gave up on the kurta and churidar pants[…]
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To Bermuda, Day 10
S/V SN-E Cetacea Log Day 10 – 87.5 NM 7/6/2023 James’ 2-3 pm watch: The world reflects itself…ten days at sea and I’m just now starting to understand where we[…]
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