Puerto Rico to Bermuda 2009

Charlotte feeling much better. Able to be below and prepare meals etc. Planning to be in Bermuda Wednesday PM. Frontal passage likely before then. After passage of front winds will be on the nose for a while.

Lighter winds

09 May 2009 | Making good progerss to Bermuda

Ted

Winds are now only 10-15 so progress is slower. We expect the wind to die by Monday and have to motor for a day. By Tues pre-frontal SW winds as we approach Bermuda. There may be squalls. Chris Parker is our weather router and will give an update Monday AM.

Only one ship

09 May 2009 | Making good progerss to Bermuda

Ted

Saw a freighter on AIS about 15 miles to port heading N. No visual.

Sailing with 3 reefs in the main and a full 135% Genoa and full Staysail.

15-20 on the beam with 6-8 ft seas. Sailing at 17 degrees heel average.

08 May 2009 | Making good progerss to Bermuda

Ted

Charlotte does not feel well at all. Not sick, just not well. Very lethargic and not eating much. Sleeping lots. She is a tough gal and stands watch as best she can. She hopes to get used to it all in a day or so. It should calm down a bit.

There may be a frontal passage on Wed next week in Bermuda. Keep an eye on the wx for me.

Vessel Name:	Restless
Vessel Make/Model:	Cape Dory 40
Hailing Port:	New London CT
Crew:	Ted Vander Wiede, Kirsten
About:	Ted has lived aboard for 8 years and sailed from San Francisco CA thru panama canal to the Carribean in 2001-2. Now spends summers in New England or the southern Caribbean and winters in the Northern Carribean.
Extra:	Ted works Skippering and teaching at Caribbean Sailing School in Puerto Rico in the winter months. Visit www.bluewateroffshorecruising.com to learn more about Captain Ted and Restless' sailing plans including Offshore sailing school oportunities on future passages.