http://www.sailblogs.com/ Blog System for Sailors and Sailing Adventures Copyright 2010 SailBlogs Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:58:41 -0500 180 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:58:41 -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 Blog System for Sailors and Sailing Adventures http://www.sailblogs.com/member/silverheelsiii/?xjMsgID=121977 If anybody can explain this to me, I would really appreciate a reasonable explanation... Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:20:57 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/silverheelsiii/?xjMsgID=121977 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/speedtech/?xjMsgID=121976 Groupama 3 breaks the round the world record by over 2 days; get the complete story at: http://www.cammas-groupama.com/en/index.jsp Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:17:57 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/speedtech/?xjMsgID=121976 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/purejoy/?xjMsgID=121975 So, the wind doeth blow here in old Poulsbo...running 15 to 30 w/gusts to 35. I've had to reef the main twice, thow out drogue, take two seasick pills and we haven't left the dock yet! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:47:05 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/purejoy/?xjMsgID=121975 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/windspiel2/?xjMsgID=121979 Hier ist Andreas, ich muss heute das Tagebuch zum 6. Segeltag schreiben. Bevor ich damit anfange kurz zum Beginn unserer Reise. „Windspiel“ war auf dem Weg von Cherbourg nach Las Palmas und nur seine Ankunft konnte nur ungefähr geschätzt werden. So flog ich mit Richard, den ich zuvor nur einmal getroffen hatte, am 7.03.nach Las Palmas um das Boot in Empfang zu nehmen . Wir logierten in dem wunderschönen Hotel Santa Catarina am Hafen und schauten morgens als erstes nach den einlaufenden oder neu eingelaufenen Seglern, gespannt und in der Hoffnung das Boot wohlbehalten zu sehen. Nach einem Tag Inselerkundung mit einem Mietwagen war es dann am zweiten Tag soweit, Windspiel hatte unbeschadet fest gemacht !! Richard hatte ich inzwischen als einen sympathischen, lebenslustigen, kameradschaftlichen Mann kennengelernt, die beiden restlichen Crewmitglieder folgten am nächsten Tag. Andre´ der sympathische Jüngste und der stets gutgelaunte Reinhard, der einzige den ich schon lange kenne. Von jetzt ab richtiges Bootsleben, wenn auch noch ein paar Tage in der riesigen Marina weil wir noch auf ein Ersatzteil für den Generator warten das aus Paderborn unterwegs ist. Tagsüber Aufklaren des Bootes, Provianteinkauf, usw. Abendessen in einem urtümlichen Restaurant der Altstadt danach noch einen Drink in der Seglerbar im Hafen. Oliver sei hier erwähnt, unser netter Nachbarlieger. Wir melden uns wie versprochen und mailen Dir noch heute. Unsere Position ist jetzt während ich schreibe 22° 25' N 28° 27' W. Nach Flaute in den ersten Tagen sind wir seit 2 Tagen nördlich der Cap Verden in den Passat gekommen und segeln seitdem permanent zwischen 6 bis 8 mls. Sonne und Wind aus der richtigen Richtung, was will das Seglerherz mehr!? Die Stimmung an Bord ist bestens. Das ist nicht nur „Windspiel“ und dem Wind zu verdanken sondern auch in ganz entscheidendem Maße dem humorvollen Skipper und seinen guten Weinen und den bemerkenswerten Kochkünsten von Andre´ der jeden Abend und bei jedem Seegang ein Menü serviert wie es auch auf der Queen Mary nicht besser sein kann. So segeln wir der Karibik entgegen! Im Foto ich und die Passat Segelstellung. Andreas Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:40:00 -0500 22.5403 -28.0772 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/windspiel2/?xjMsgID=121979 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/weekenderii/?xjMsgID=121974 Spring Break 2010 (March 20th-27th) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:08:58 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/weekenderii/?xjMsgID=121974 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svzephyr/?xjMsgID=121973 We continued today with more jobs. Tracy took on defrosting the freezer while I got the job of removing the black water tank in the stern head(OH BOY!!) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:06:50 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svzephyr/?xjMsgID=121973 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svthirdday/?xjMsgID=121937 Saturday morning, which in cruiser lingo is around 10:30AM, we left the palatial anchorage of Las Hadas behind and headed to the Manzanillo downtown area and the central market. Central markets in Mexico are very similar to those I've seen in Italy, with fresh vegetables and raw meats hanging up on meat hooks for display. If they only had some Italian cheese, spices, and prosciutto ham, I'd be in heaven! Every town in Mexico of any size has a central market and it's always worth a visit. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:58:05 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/svthirdday/?xjMsgID=121937 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/lionspaw315/?xjMsgID=121970 The great photo of Steve and his catch again! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:49:27 -0500 19.8992 -70.9536 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/lionspaw315/?xjMsgID=121970 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/breezingup/?xjMsgID=121971 This picture was taken in the rain forest at the half way point in what was advertised as a one hour hike and ended up being 2,1/2 hours. The good news is that we went and enjoyed it. Had we known otherwise, we probably would have stayed on the boat! Brad and I are now sitting in Marigot Bay doing 'boat projects' while it blows like stink outside. We watch the Moorings charterers go out and turn around and come back in! The forecast is for 3 days of this, so here we sit, not being in any hurry to go anywhere. Our plan is to sail to Bequia later this week and then sit there through Easter. This is a very busy little harbor with lots going on, being a charter hub, and restaurants and amenities ashore, so not a bad place to hole up. We are on a mooring right nest to the best restaurant in town, so that's good too. They have a jazz band playing most nights, so we relax and listen to their music and eat our food, the price is right! Since it's Sunday we are on our Sirius radio marathon to entertain us all morning while we scrub and organize. Doesn't take much to entertain this crew! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:47:00 -0500 13.966 -61.0277 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/breezingup/?xjMsgID=121971 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/troubadour52993/?xjMsgID=121964 We met some furry friends on our walk around Peanut Island State Park. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:33:55 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/troubadour52993/?xjMsgID=121964 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/liliana/?xjMsgID=121961 Sally and I arrived last night after leaving 75 degree weather in Maine. High here yesterday was 74 degrees. Something might be wrong with this picture. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:26:25 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/liliana/?xjMsgID=121961 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/poulston/?xjMsgID=121956 Oops it has been a while. Writers lull I suppose, it is definitely time to share what we have been up to in the last few months. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:36:25 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/poulston/?xjMsgID=121956 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/bccjunessa/?xjMsgID=116151 UPDATE! AHOY!! From the Philippines! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:39:33 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/bccjunessa/?xjMsgID=116151 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/brickhouse/?xjMsgID=121949 Here are more pictures...Click on Photo Album to the right and see New Zealand Pictures...or click below on this link: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:21:29 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/brickhouse/?xjMsgID=121949 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/kleinerbar/?xjMsgID=121948 Before I start to keep a more updated log of where we are and what we have been doing I will put some highlights of the trip so far. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:21:40 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/kleinerbar/?xjMsgID=121948 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/diomedea/?xjMsgID=121947 Ever since we have owned Diomedea, we have never had a working compass, due to the fact that the binnacle was made of steel. This steel structure created vertical magnetic fields and thus caused havoc with compass function. As part of our refit last year, the steel binnacle was removed and replaced with a wood/glass one. I re-fitted the compass and have now had it adjusted by Capt. David Pyett. A glorious Saturday morning was spent going around in circles in Rose Bay. Capt. Pyett took endless bearings with his pelorus whilst I called the marks as we swung through the various compass headings. Vertical magnetism was also assessed by a vertically oriented compass needle. After about two hours the compass adjustment was complete with deviation of between 0 and 3 degrees. Excellent. Click here for pix. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:12:28 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/diomedea/?xjMsgID=121947 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/luckyescape/?xjMsgID=121941 I must have too much time on my hands : ) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:34:37 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/luckyescape/?xjMsgID=121941 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/followyoufollowme/?xjMsgID=121939 Three short days in Ensenada, ensconced at Marina Coral, allowed Rina and I to clean up and re-provision the boat for our trip down the coast of Baja California. We caught a convenient hotel shuttle from the West Marine parking lot in San Diego with our gear and the spoils from our Port Supply and Downwind Marine runs. The 90 minute trip to the Hotel Coral along the coast helped reacquaint us with the Mexico we have been away from for the past year. On Saturday, our trip to the Port of Ensenada to inspect Follow You before the boat was lowered into the water was delayed from 10am to 6pm, precipitating an additional night in the hotel before floating her off Dockwise Sunday morning. The boat travelled the 5000+ miles pretty well, with only rusty stanchions to show for her journey. This was much better than our friends Tom and Monique's catamaran Zen, with a new paint job, which had been covered in Auckland by shrinkwrap for her journey. Super Servant 3 encountered 55 knot winds and rough seas around the Cook Islands, which tore or bent most of the stanchions on Zen. Fortunately her new topsides and hull paint job still looked great, with only 3-4 gouges where the uprooted stanchions had bashed the nearby hull. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:54:40 -0500 27.6833 -114.8933 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/followyoufollowme/?xjMsgID=121939 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/paikeamist/?xjMsgID=121936 Here is our first update. We left the dock at 12:30 pm this afternoon and had the sails up by 1:00pm. With a nice wind of 17 knots about 65 deg off of our bow we fairly rocketed out of Banderas Bay doing 9 to 9.5 knots (we had some current which helped!). Right know we are doing about 8.2 - 8.5 knots, with the wind at the same angle. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon. The sea is a bit lumpy, but not at all bad. We are sailing with a double reefed main, and full genoa. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:27:00 -0500 20.1667 -106.5 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/paikeamist/?xjMsgID=121936 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/espumeru/?xjMsgID=121935 Due to very unfortunate health issues within the family, we are flying on monday to Finland. Niklas dad is not feeling too great and we want feel that we want to be there. It feels very sad to leave the boat and the Caribbean but you have to do what you have to do. We will come back and continue from here. We are very lucky to have Marcus, who will stay on here in Aruba and look after our dear boat while we are absent, hopefully he will not get too bored. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:11:07 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/espumeru/?xjMsgID=121935