Archive for July 2021

Wednesday, July 21, 2021(Late entry)Latitude 54o 38’ NLongitude 8o 26’ W Killybegs Harbor, Ireland We’ve now been in Killybegs, Ireland for six full days. After dropping anchor in Killybegs harbour at close to midnight of the 14th, the beeping of the anchor alarm woke us up the next morning at 10 am. It’s hard to…

Wednesday, July 16, 2021 (Late entry) Latitude 54o 38’ N Longitude 8o 26’ W Killybegs Harbor, Ireland Last Tuesday afternoon, the 13th of July, we were headed straight towards Mallaig, Scotland at six knots with less than 250 nautical miles to go. At that distance we were looking forward to being in Scotland by Thursday…

Tuesday Afternoon, July 13, 2021 Latitude 54o 04’ N Longitude 13o 20’ W As implied in Sunday’s blog, sailing during the day, by the light of the moon, or even by the light of the stars on a clear night is typically preferred to sailing in total darkness. One of the reasons for departing Maine…

Sunday Evening, July 11, 2021 Latitude 52o 18’ N Longitude 19o 36’ W We survived last night’s running the gauntlet of high winds and waves noted on the Pilot Charts. Yesterday, by late afternoon the seas had built to over 10 feet and the winds would occasionally gust to 45 knots. During the day, those…

Friday Evening, July 9, 2021 Latitude 50o 49’ N Longitude 24o 36’ W 738 Miles to Mallaig, Scotland Yesterday we were within 700 miles of landfall at Bantry, Ireland. That put us six days away from laundry and a hot shower on solid ground. Six days may sound like a long way to go, but…

Wednesday Afternoon, July 7, 2021 Latitude 49o 02’ N Longitude 29o 10’ W As reported in the last blog on Monday evening, July 5th, we were prepared to concede that there was no hope for wind and let the boat drift through the night. No sooner had that blog been sent than the winds returned,…

Monday Evening, July 5, 2021 Latitude 47o 46’ N Longitude 35o 40’ W 1035 nautical miles to Fastnet Light, Ireland The pilot charts indicate an average of 3 calm days in July at our location out in the middle of the North Atlantic. If that be the case, we’ve already experienced two out of the…

Friday Evening, July 2, 2021 Latitude 44o 46’ N Longitude 41o 37’ W 1308 nautical miles to Fastnet Light, Ireland ( 2/5 of the way there) In the middle of the North Atlantic, thirteen hundred miles from Ireland and nearly as far from Rockport, Maine, we came upon three men in a rowboat. Our AIS…