Zen - family cruising catamaran

Family of 4 sailing from New England to Auckland, New Zealand '08-'10

26 August 2010 | Portsmouth, Rhode Island
27 April 2010 | Rhode Island
05 April 2010 | Fort Lauderdale, FL
24 March 2010 | Portsmouth, RI
19 February 2010 | middle of Pacific Ocean
12 February 2010 | Waiheke Island, NZ
08 February 2010 | Auckland, New Zealand
30 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
26 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
22 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
20 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
17 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
14 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
08 January 2010 | Los Angeles, CA
07 January 2010 | Newark International Airport
27 December 2009 | Rhode Island, USA
10 December 2009 | New Delhi, India
02 December 2009 | South Island, NZ
13 November 2009 | Whangarei, New Zealand
10 November 2009 | Opua and Kerikeri, New Zealand

Day Two

22 November 2007 | Atlantic - Newport to Tortola
Tom
Welcome to ocean sailing. The Gulf Stream set us back a bit but we seem to be breaking free. The sea temp is down a bit and the sat photo shows that we should be on the back side by now. All is well on Zen. Pretty uneventful day today. Mostly motoring and motor sailing until about an hour ago (12:00 midnight). Scott was woke me for my watch with news of increased winds. We reefed the main and rolled out the jib (one reef) and off we went. We're currently sailing closed hauled at 10kts in 20kts from the SE. The seas are very confused as we leave the Stream. Gotta love the pilot house. I'm sitting at the nav table with all the controls at my finger tips typing an email while waves and rain spray the boat. Funny, it seems pretty fast and furious after the lolly gagging we have become accustomed to over the past couple days. Weather is supposed to stay like this through tomorrow. We're making good time on a direct course for Bermuda. NICE!! We need to get East to prepare for the Easterly trades. We listened to Herb earlier today and he mentioned strong Easterlies at 28 degrees. We going to shoot for 64W and turn South for Tortola. Life on board is settling into a groove. This is hump day, day three. My internal clock always seems to calibrate to the sailing schedule on day three. We're all sharing the cleaning but it seems like John is the cook. We'll see how long that lasts :) I may have to burn something to maintain my "cleaner" status :) Shhh don't tell him. Keep the emails coming for the boys.
Cheers,
-Tom
0130 position
37 03N
69 11W
course: 158
Speed: 9.2kts
Comments
Vessel Name: Zen
Vessel Make/Model: Atlantic 48' catamaran
Hailing Port: Newport, RI
Crew: Tom, Monique and Kids
About:
Tom, Monique, Cammi, and Cole. Tom is the CEO/Founder for a high-tech advertising firm, which he just sold to a large US media company, giving us the ability to set sail. [...]
Extra:
Eight years ago, we sold our advertising company, and left terra firma on our monohull, "Uliad", for a family cruise. As soon as we returned to land, immediately we started planning our 2nd cruise. Here's the continuation of our journey, except this time the kids are active crew members, [...]
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