EXCITEMENT OF SNOW

EXCITEMENT OF SNOW

Well after the mellow conditions I have had for the last little while I was surprised to find the conditions almost completely different today when I went on deck at sunrise. I went to bed last night with 2 reefs in the mainsail, the storm jib, and the no 2 headsail which was half furled away………

CATCHING UP ON SLEEP

CATCHING UP ON SLEEP

Well I am happy to say that I basically slept the whole day. It was amazing... I went back to bed after finishing up yesterday’s blog, I went right back to bed. The winds were holding steady, and I didn't need to get up for a micro plastic sample change. So far, I had only had a few short hours sleep……

A DIFFICULT GYBE

A DIFFICULT GYBE

Well when I woke up, we were making some great speeds with the winds at 20 knots and gusting to 25 knots. I still had the full mainsail, but I was sailing with the no 2 jib up. I set about making some breakfast and while I had managed about 8 hours in bed, I still felt very tired. I think it was……

FIX THE WIND GENERATORS DAY

FIX THE WIND GENERATORS DAY

Well today I am doing something a little different. I am writing this blog right as I woke up rather than as I went to sleep. After completing the blog yesterday, I decided to put the daylight hours to good use and get some more jobs done. The winds have been between 10 to 20 knots all day from the WNW and this made for a fairly flat deck. One of the biggest jobs that I had been putting off…..

A SUCCESSFUL REPAIR DAY

A SUCCESSFUL REPAIR DAY

Well what a long 24 hours I have had. I ended up having a lot of trouble trying to send back yesterday’s blog and get the videos and photos online. I worked out that there is a fault with my primary satellite system, and it is not reading the antenna correctly. I trouble shouted it for several hours and was eventually able to just get the blog back……..