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Fuertaventura, Canaries, to Santiago, Cabo Verde, Day 8
Wednesday, July 10 James’ 1200-1230 half watch Yay! I’m now farther south than I’ve ever sailed! I achieved my previous record when rounding the Big Island of Hawaii from Hilo to Kailua-Kona. A...
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Fuertaventura, Canaries, to Santiago, Cabo Verde, Day 9
Thursday, July 11 Dena’s 1700-1800 watch The wind varies a little, but we’ve been making 3.5 knots on average since noon. The gentle breeze doesn’t feel like enough for that progress, but we are...
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Fuertaventura, Canaries, to Santiago, Cabo Verde, Day 10
Friday, July 12 James’ 1300-1400 watch It’s hot here! I can’t wait to go swimming. We have a little over 100M left and we’re going about 2.5 knots. That’s 40 hours…not that we can count on keeping up...
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Fuertaventura, Canaries, to Santiago, Cabo Verde, Day 11
Saturday, July 13 Land ho Santiago! James’ 1400-1500 watch It’s turning into a real nail-biter. Will we get into the harbor before dark? Well! Maybe! I had us heading a bit off course to keep the...
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Home, once again
We set sail from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands on June 23, 2024 and had the LoveBot rig set up astern within minutes of getting underway. Immediately we knew there was something wrong! It wasn’t...
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…And then
The strangest thing happened to me (James) after setting the hook off Praia on Ilha da Santiago… a pain in my chest, no really, on the left side, a pain like I have never felt before. Hook down Praia...
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An offshore passage between Cabo Verde’s islands
We sailed straight to the capitol of Cabo Verde from the Canaries because of James’s passport problem, and that put us in the Sotavento, or leeward, Islands on Ilha Da Santiago the island at the very...
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System Failures
Way back in 2016 we were living aboard in Back Creek, Annapolis, Maryland when it became painfully obvious to me (James) that I couldn’t live with my incredibly painful dental situation. Dena was...
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Cabo Verde has been good to us
Here we go again, Schrodinger’s Sailors! Assuming we get to the other side of the Atlantic, on the other side of the equator, we’ll have so much to tell you about! Meanwhile, it’s a glance back at...
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The Would-Be Log
It’s strange to post these with the inaccurate titles, but it’s true to what I thought we were doing. We left Mindelo for Brazil, probably Recife, went the thinking, but things changed. Cabo Verde to...
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Plans Change, Cabo Verde Edition
We got the dinghy loaded aboard, everything stowed, and made big batches of tuna salad and egg salad for easy sandwiches underway. We went to bed feeling fine but when we got up, I (Dena) didn’t feel...
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Socks and water
We arrived in Ferreira with a short list of important projects from the shakedown from Sao Vicente and a strong desire to get our asses in some sea water. James needed to recoup his strength and...
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28 years of this…
Dena and I (James) met about 28 years ago at a performance of a play written by a friend and former band mate of mine. After that show, we made a date for about a week later. The date was set for...
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So here’s a thing…
When we find a place in the world that looks and feels like paradise, we tend to want to explore that place in depth. After the intense shakedown sail to Brava and the associated healing and projects...
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Plans Change, Martinique version
So the whole thing about not loving the Brazil idea anymore got more traction the more we thought about it. The Brazil to South Africa and into the Indian Ocean would be the fastest way to get to...
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Brava to Martinique Day 14
Sunday, November 24 Starting with 904 nautical miles left, plus however much we have to tack for whatever winds we get, so we have at least 9 more days, probably more. While we’re down to 3 hard...
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Brava to Martinique Day 15
Monday, November 25 Not just a frigate bird, but a Magnificent Frigatebird! The red pouch under its head is inflatable as a courtship display. I’d like to see that, but it seems highly unlikely. They...
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Brava to Martinique Day 16
Tuesday, November 26 Squeaked by on that one! Day 15 was 100.1 nautical miles. We started in the low threes and made it up overnight, totally different from the first days when it was high wind...
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Brava to Martinique Day 17
Wednesday, November 27 Beluga Greyfinger wants love! He’s a talker at times like this and has been known to get frustrated and nibble a body that’s ignoring him. I didn’t like the way he was looking...
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Brava to Martinique Day 18
Thursday, November 28 With an increase in wind comes an increase in waves and I just got my ass kicked by the stuff in the fridge. We’ve been keeping hard boiled eggs handy. Easy, fast, cold,...
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