05/12/2009, 41 29'N:71 09'W, Newport RI
After four and half days of some very wet and lumpy sailing, Jeff Kuller and I picked up a vacant mooring at 3:00AM this morning in Newport. Jeff came to life the last couple of days as we beat into a Northwest wind for the last two hundred miles of this leg. My head still hurts from the boat slamming down as it fell out of waves. The boat might pound on twenty percent of the waves, but you still had to hold on for everyone, because it was impossible to predict which twenty percent. Now Jeff has departed for Maine, and I am spending the day drying out and cleaning up at the Newport Shipyard where I must be close to the smallest and cheapest boat in the yard. Newport is very empty at the moment, but the yard is busy preparing a fleet of twelve meter boats for the season. It is springtime in New England. The cherry blossoms are out all over town. The air is clear,and the sky is blue, and its cold. I am happy to be back and headed to Camden.
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I suggest you to wait for a SW to attack the gulf of Maine.
FOB may be the smallest in the shipyard but she is a the top pride of the fleet.
So you back now, what a trip!!!
robert
05/10/2009, 38 58'N:69 12'W,
We have crossed the gulf stream and we are now facing a 180 mile beat to Newport with a Northwest wind around 25 knots true. Its wet everywhere. We can't stand up, Spray, white water, and waves are pounding the boat, and the boat is dropping off of waves which I don't wish to describe. But it is sunny, we are sailing in almost New England waters and we are making progress. Plus I think we both have are sea legs!
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On the the other hand, we wimps are powering up the ICW through Georgia because tomorrow the wind will be out of the North east at 15 - 20 and that will be too uncomfortable for us.
04/28/2009, 24 52'N:65 22'W, 450 miles from Bermuda
Hello everyone, I am writing a blog instead of answering personal emails, because I have low Iridium minutes with ocens. I am sending them an email to buy more minutes, but I wanted to get a message out. It was a hard day for Lily and I yesterday. We were both seasick all day until I got smarter and slowed the boat down from seven to three knots. The motion is better today and we are sailing at six knots. I tried to send emails, blogs, and even call yesteday but no luck. I hope this will reach all of you. Lily is eating and drinking bananas, apple sauce, and water, but she is still under the weather and I have to read her emails to her. Keep them coming,andI will try to keep the account open.Love to you all PS Please remember we are at sea and these electronics do not always work as well as we hope.
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Take care body, talk to LILY she a good shrink out there.
Champagne waiting to celebrate this atlantic triangle.
Bob
