It is cloudy. Suddenly, Captain and First Mate spring into the wheelhouse. A commotion behind the Bridge stairs. What’s going on? At once, they rush to the Poop deck, sextant in hand. For a moment, the sun peeks out...
Hi all, The rolling has stopped. Now we're sailing full speed in an South-Easterly direction on a port beam reach tack. Gaining a bit of height for the predicted north- and easterlies. The most...
During the night and morning we had lots of wind and good sailing speed. Now it all eased out again, not much wind left. But the seas are still there. Rolling, rolling, rolling....will write more tomorrow when...
Hi all, After the tacking and changing course for a couple of days, the last 24 hours we sailed in a Easterly direction. Only the speed has been varying a bit. From close hauled and following the wind to...
Hi all, A different day, a different tack. If you would have asked me before this trip, tacking in the middle of the southern ocean wouldn't have been one of my first guesses. But today we did :-) The...
Hi all, Slow sailing on various courses with various wind directions. During the day we came to a close hauled course. Not too close, because there is not so much wind and the speed is as important as the...
It is 1773. Captain James Cook sails the Resolution in his second expedition of discovery in search for the legendary Terra Incognita Australis . Aboard accompany him the naturalists Johann Reinhold Forster...
Hi all, A nice downwind sailing day it was. Coming onto watch at 4 with the blue watch was a celebration because Lael has her birthday today. There happened a lot of singing in those early morning hours....
Hi all, Let's get back to the plan of yesterday. To sail on the North side of that small low. That looked quite good.... until 4:55 this morning. When I got on watch at 4 we were sailing fast easterly with...
The Spring Equinox comes with weather changes. From a fair breeze and sunshine to rainy and windy conditions, use to abate again to light airs. The Austral winter is over , and...