As of noon yesterday we have finally gotten classic tradewind conditions. Noon to noon: 155nm 252d T. 12-20-10 noon pos: 15d 11′ N, 36d 16′ W. Since we are a little late with this email we also have today’s run: 204 nm 276d T. 12-21-10 noon position: 15d 34′ N, 42d 46′ W. Kurt…

We have set ships time back one hour twice so far (every 15d longitude: 15×24=360). Starting to get jet lagged. Other astronomical occurrences of interest include an eclipse of the moon night before last. We unfortunately had too many clouds to see it directly but the sky did get abnormally dark for a while.…

Another 24 hours of easy downwind sailing but going too slow to fish now with the wind down to 11 kn. We hope Santa brings us some breeze for Christmas. It is getting really hot and humid and we have taken to running the air conditioning in the late afternoon while we charge systems…

We have been at sea for two weeks now crossing the Atlantic. Those of you on our daily passage report list know that the tradewinds have not been very consistent this year and many yachts have had slow crossings. Our sail has not been too bad with mostly light downwind conditions and several days…

We have been listening to a continuous 96 hours of mp3 Holiday Music with its numerous versions of Winter Wonderland, Let it Snow, Baby its Cold Outside, Frosty the Snowman, etc., trying to keep cool in the balmy tropical conditions. We received many holiday emails from friends old and new from around the world…

After 16 days at sea and two days to go, we finally now just getting some decent tradewinds. The breeze is helping to cool us off a bit but sun is still pretty intense for wintertime. Katie is using every bit of our Christmas Mahi and has some chowder ready for supper. Noon to…

We caught and released two small Mahis yesterday. They were just too pitiful looking at 30″. The sailing was good most of the night and we have now jibed and are slowing down for an early Monday morning arrival at English Harbour, Antigua. We were there back in the ’90s sometime for a bareboat…

Land Ho! After 18 days at sea we are now anchored ‘safely’ in English Harbour, Antigua. The weather on this passage from the Canary Island of Lanzarote to Antigua in the Caribbean’s Leeward Islands, was not what we had initially planned on. Typically, crossing the Atlantic from Europe to the Caribbean involves getting down…