by Allen | Nov 29, 2017 | Updates
In complete contrast to yesterday’s trauma, today brings a treat to the motley crew. It is bread day. Maria is kneading the dough in the cockpit as I write this. And now that she has overcome seasickness, she has become the Mary Berry of Lady Jane. Baking bread at sea...
by Allen | Nov 28, 2017 | Updates
To anyone reading this before, during or after food, I apologise for what follows. After 29 years of uncomplaining service, the outlet pipe for the sea toilet has suffered a fatal embolism. A post-mortem of the pipe shows that it looks like an artery of a...
by Allen | Nov 27, 2017 | Updates
Hats off to the folks who create the ECMWF weather forecast – their wind prediction is spot on. We now have a steady F4 wind from the east and our boat speed has increased to a respectable average of 5.5 knots. The upside of this state of affairs, apart from the...
by Allen | Nov 26, 2017 | Updates
At 0740 this morning, the sails went up and the engine went off. There isn’t much wind at the moment, but it is from the right direction, blowing us slowly but surely towards Barbados – and it should increase within the next 24 hours. We have just been visited...
by Allen | Nov 25, 2017 | Updates
Analogous to waiting for a bus, after trying to catch a fish for over 1000 miles of ocean sailing, two came along at once. Admittedly they aren’t the size of sea creature that will pull your boat backwards Jaws-style. But each is big enough for dinner for two, so I’m...
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