Day 15: Are we there Yet?? 22 MILES TO GO!!! Woo Hoo, Yee Hah, Yay, Hot diggety Dog we are nearly there!!! We can just see Barbados!It has been quite a busy day Heidi and I started cleaning and were busy all day. We both decided we would rather clean today than have to spend …
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Day 14 155 miles to go Not long now! Pretty uneventful day today, after my night watch I went back to bed and slept until 11am. We are now on Barbados time which is 4 hours behind UTC time. Heidi and I started cleaning the kitchen and salon area as it was a bit calmer. …
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Day 13 286 miles at 11:00pm GMT Well as we were about to dish up the steak for dinner last night wouldn’t you know it, the rod goes off. Somehow I ended up reeling in the fish, again a beautiful Mahi Mahi. Robbie had been intent to catch a fish for dinner, but as Tori …
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I forgot Australia day yesterday! Hope all our family and friends enjoyed their public holiday and long weekend. Kids will also be back and school now after the Xmas break, and all my school buddies have another hectic term 1 to get through! I have to say I don’t miss that stress but I will …
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574 miles to go Slept until lunchtime after completing my 3-6am watch. Best sleep I have had yet on this passage. I think after so long of the body being deprived of sleep, eventually, you will sleep come what may.Wind has picked up and will be 20+ knots with gusts up to 24 knots for …
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Day 10 January 25th 726 miles left to go at 6:00pm GMT Wind has been constantly between 16 and 21 and this has caused a bigger swell. It is coming from behind us so not too bad just a bit uncomfortable sometimes. It is also slowing us down and we are not averaging the 6.5 …
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Day 9 It’s a great feeling to have more miles behind you than in front of you. Had a messy night as I could not sleep at all. Robbie took my shift at 3am and I was able to sleep for a couple of hours. I took over his shift while he slept for a …
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Day 8 23 January: Today we will reach the half way point, so we all agreed one beer is allowed to celebrate.Just as we sat down to lunch wouldn’t you know it both rods went off. We hooked up two very large Mahi Mahi. Robbie pulled in the port side first, it was a huge …
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The Atlantic crossing – Hooray – we’ve reached halfway!Day 1 We departed Cape Verde from Mindeloo 14 days straight what ever will we do?Starlets at our side, we’ll have a betArrival time? Are we there yet?Day 2 We chatted on the radio with Deep BlueWe also spoke to Canta Libre and Iris tooChris and Sandra …
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Day 7 January 22nd 870 Miles out 1140 miles to go Yesterday’s photo was taken from the pilothouse with us all peering through the ladder to the fly bridge. It was the trickiest one yet as it takes so long to push the timer button and then scramble down and race out the door and …
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