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Ship Ahoy
This is the first boat we have seen in 5 days, it must be a massive container ship as it is 10nm away and we can clearly see it. he is...
Andrew M
May 22, 20251 min read


Weather Routing: Spot the not so subtle political dig
Seamus is the resident weather router on board, I am very much the back-up, but I have been paying close attention as the North Atlantic...
Andrew M
May 21, 20251 min read


Bermuda > Azores - Day 9: Fair winds and Following Sees Dolphins
With the wind and waves cooperating, we managed another 200+ nautical mile day — 209nm, to be exact. It was the day of the dolphins. We...
Andrew M
May 21, 20252 min read


Bermuda > Azores - Day 8: Guest blogger Gill here
We are sailing along nicely at a speed of 10+ knots under Mainsail and with varying degrees* of the Jib out. The crew have spent a good...
Andrew M
May 20, 20252 min read


Nautitech 44 Open MackenSea - One year and 10,000nm review
Cheryl and I have been on MackenSea, our 2024 Nautitech 44, for just over a year now and have just clocked 10,000 nautical miles. Enough...
Andrew M
May 20, 20254 min read


Bermuda > Azores - Day 7: Fish on!
WE had yet another 200+ nautical mile day yesterday. Bu the afternoon things were interesting with 35 knot winds and bigger seas....
Andrew M
May 19, 20251 min read


Bermuda > Azores - Day 6: a Force 7 day.
Hello from somewhere in the Atlantic (actually we are approx 1000 miles due west of the Azores). You may notice a change of style in...
Andrew M
May 18, 20252 min read


Bermuda > Azores - Day 5: 200 mile day!
In the last twenty-four hours we completed a little over 200 nautical miles, to make this even better, they were al in the direction of...
Andrew M
May 17, 20251 min read


Bermuda > Azores: Weather Routing
The image above shows our track to date and gives an idea of what’s to come. For those unfamiliar with ocean passages, we don’t simply...
Andrew M
May 17, 20252 min read


Bermuda > Azores - Day 4: Rolling Along
We knocked of 180 miles in the last 24 hours, not bad as we could have done better if we still had a code zero. Last night Seamus made...
Andrew M
May 16, 20252 min read


Bermuda > Azores - Day 3: Not Again!
We has a good day completing 158 nautical miles in the last 24 hours. The winds remained light overnight (10 - 12 knots) and the seas...
Andrew M
May 15, 20252 min read


Bermuda > Azores - Day 2: All is calm
14th May 2025 Please note I am having issues with Predict Wind Tracking and cannot get it to update position. See image at the bottom of...
Andrew M
May 14, 20252 min read


Bermuda > Azores - Day 1: Anchors up
Tuesday 13th May We picked up our repaired Code Zero sail yesterday afternoon, we also completed our provisioning and checked out of...
Andrew M
May 13, 20251 min read


Andrew M
May 7, 20250 min read


Atlantic Crossing Eastward - Day 6: Going Banana's
The crew bought these bananas 7 days ago, they are still as green as the day they were bought. Tuesday 6th May The wind continued...
Andrew M
May 6, 20251 min read


Atlantic Crossing Eastward - Day 4 & 5: Steady as she goes
Sunday 4th May In the afternoon the wind dropped to 7 or 8 knots, in order to catch the wind we had to turn on the motor and motor sail....
Andrew M
May 6, 20252 min read
Atlantic Crossing Eastward - Day 4: Uneventful and we like it
After yesterdays high drama today was all quiet. Our wind died around 10am and we reluctantly had to start the engine. With one engine on...
Andrew M
May 4, 20251 min read


Atlantic Crossing Eastward - Day 3: Nobody said it was going to be easy
Position: N 23 25. W 64 05 SOG 6.6 knots Heading 012 Magnetic We continue inspite of a minor setback! At 1.00am last night I was at the...
Andrew M
May 3, 20252 min read


Atlantic Crossing Eastward - Day 2: A Great Start
In our first 24 hours we managed to knock off 165 nautical miles. This included a coupe of Man Over Board practices (only practice), no...
Andrew M
May 2, 20251 min read


Atlantic Crossing Eastward Day 1: Anchors Away
We are provisioned up and the boat and crew are ready. The current forecast has us heading north toward Bermuda. Winds are forecast to be...
Andrew M
May 1, 20252 min read
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