http://www.sailblogs.com/member/foggymt Copyright 2009 SailBlogs.com Sun, 31 May 2009 07:25:13 -0500 720 Sun, 31 May 2009 07:25:13 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en support@sailblogs.com support@sailblogs.com http://www.sailblogs.com/images/sb_rss_icon.gif http://www.sailblogs.com/ 88 31 Weblogs for Sailors and Sailing http://www.sailblogs.com/member/foggymt?xjMsgID=86142 This afternoon we went out for a day sail in 10 to 15 knots of wind from the northeast. We wanted to see what our speed over the ground would be if some day we decide to go to Miami in these conditions. The difficulty in going to Miami from here (Palm Beach) is the north east wind against the north flowing Gulf Stream current. The wind against the current can whip up some nasty sea conditions. So for future reference we decided to go out for a day sail to check it out and it wasn't bad at all, definitely doable. After out two hour test sail we came back into the Port of Palm Beach to anchor for the night to test our anchor and chain since they are all new. Thus far all is going well with the anchoring. Additionally, this message is being sent to Sailmail and Sailblogs.com for the first time while we are at anchor. This is the first time we have sent a position report to Sailblogs while we are at anchor. Jeff Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:40:00 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/foggymt?xjMsgID=86142 26.766 -80.0433 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/foggymt?xjMsgID=79203 For those of you that have been following this blog, I'm sorry for the delay in this posting since the last one said we were getting underway. Last minute developments have forced us to delay our cruising departure indefinately. Right now, we are trying to get our life back under control. Once we have gotten ourselves back on course we will update the blog with more details. Jeff Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:24:10 -0600 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/foggymt?xjMsgID=79203 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/foggymt?xjMsgID=78553 With the engine's oil leak and mainsail's chafe repaired we plan to get underway tomorrow unless Herb (Southbound II) says the weather doesn't look good. We hope that we can at least get good enough weather to make it across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas, but would prefer to continue on to Antigua. Whether we continue on or not depends on the forecasted intensity a cold front that is due to pass thru the area between 1/30/09 and 1/31/09. If it looks good for departure our next report should be while underway. Jeff Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:31:00 -0600 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/foggymt?xjMsgID=78553 26.8283 -80.0583