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Day 3, Batteries, spreaders, dolphins

Written by carreybeaynNovember 2, 2017December 31, 2017 Leave a comment

It is 0000 on 2 November, I have the 0000 to 0400 watch.  It was quite a chilly night, at least chilly enough for a jumper and a duvet while I lay in the comfort of the cushions on the top deck, staring at the moon and the stars, I’m in heaven.  And to top […]

Noon is not at noon

Written by carreybeaynNovember 2, 2017December 31, 2017 Leave a comment

It turns out that during the day a sailor has only one real chance at confirming the ship’s latitude, this happens at noon each day.  When the Sun is at her highest point in the sky we can take our sextant, measure the angle between the Sun and the horizon and after applying some maths […]

Day 2. Wind, waves, spin, sway

Written by carreybeaynNovember 1, 2017January 14, 2018 Leave a comment

It is midday on 1st Nov, our second day on the ocean and I have just had another attempt at a noon sight.  We have been averaging 6 – 8 knots so far, although our heading is closer to south than south west, since with our swept back rig and total absence of any kind […]

Sun, stars, sextant, three tons of books

Written by carreybeaynOctober 31, 2017December 31, 2017 Leave a comment

Needless to say that by the time the end of October appeared out of nowhere I hadn’t really scratched the surface of the online course and my understanding of this vast subject was very close to nil.   So equipped with an old plastic sextant, that had been donated to me several years ago, a […]

“Now bring me that horizon”

Written by carreybeaynOctober 31, 2017January 26, 2018 Leave a comment

31 October Up anchor and I’m at the helm again, it is 0800 and we’re headed for the fuel dock in Las Palmas marina.  “Do you want your boat back skipper?” I ask on the way in to the marina.  “Erm….. no, it’s alright….. can you just drive us on to the fuel dock?”  FFS… […]

“Some days you’re the driver”

Written by carreybeaynOctober 29, 2017January 26, 2018 Leave a comment

We left the dock at around midday Saturday 28 October to sail the 80 miles to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.  Getting the boat out of the berth at Fuerteventura was not exactly pretty, our skipper being a monohull man hasn’t quite mastered the finer points of two engines yet, nor will we mention the dockline. […]

Off we go into the wild blue yonder

Written by carreybeaynOctober 27, 2017January 26, 2018 Leave a comment

Back in August I had a winter job to go to with a yacht charter company in the BVI and a thirst for another Atlantic crossing, the last one being 15 years ago.  I signed up to join a catamaran that was bound from La Rochelle to the BVIs and leaving the Canaries in early […]

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