http://www.sailblogs.com/member/viente Copyright 2009 SailBlogs.com Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:58:16 -0500 720 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:58:16 -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/viente?xjMsgID=94087 'Viente' came to her new mooring at 0730, June 28, completing a taxing but satisfying 1238nm passage mainly on the wind, from Horta, Faial. Overall average boat speed was 6.65 knots, with one storming day run of 191nm.&nbsp;(<a href='http://www.sailblogs.com/member/viente?xjMsgID=94087'>Continued...</a>) Gerry Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:56:43 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/viente?xjMsgID=94087 51.5608 -9.131 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/viente?xjMsgID=93002 Well, life don't get much better than this; the promised South Easterly breeze one point abaft the beam, flat sea, 'Viente' effortlessly slipping along on course at 7.5 knots; grandson Max on the helm, tweaking and coaxing our beautiful yacht to 8 knots and more.&nbsp;(<a href='http://www.sailblogs.com/member/viente?xjMsgID=93002'>Continued...</a>) SE 15kt, fine, 1016mb Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:20:04 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/viente?xjMsgID=93002 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/viente?xjMsgID=92871 Photo at dawn on Friday June 26, 2009; as Eileen Quinn beautifully sings:&nbsp;(<a href='http://www.sailblogs.com/member/viente?xjMsgID=92871'>Continued...</a>) wind calm, glassy sea, overcast, vis good, 1012.5> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:50:05 -0500 http://www.sailblogs.com/member/viente?xjMsgID=92871