Ross 08 April 2010 | Isabela and Pacific Ocean Friday morning, we woke up and headed into town to get diesel, water, and jump on the internet one last time. We found the soft serve ice cream place and had a final ice cream (I seriously must have had 30 ice creams in the 14[…]
Ross 09 April 2010 | Pacific Ocean The wind kept up through the night and at around 4am, I spotted another boat, putting me in position to defend my throne as top boat spotter and win another ice cream in the marquesas. We covered 140 nm the first day and although we sailed a bit[…]
Ross 12 April 2010 | Pacific Ocean We had great wind all day and the current is in our favor, so we are really flyin’. The strong winds are creating pretty big wind swell. There have been a few waves that look to be around 10 feet or higher, but since they aren’t breaking waves[…]
Ross 21 March 2010 | Pacific Ocean We’re currently in an area called the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) also known as the duldrums. It’s an area of the ocean along the equator where there is typically little to no wind. Prior to motors, ships that sailed into the ITCZ could sit for weeks waiting[…]
Ross 22 March 2010 | Pacific Ocean We’re still in the duldrums and spent the majority of the past 24 hours motoring with the swell and a bit of wind on our nose. With all the motoring, it was time to try to refill the tanks not an easy task while at sea. The diesel[…]
Ross 16 April 2010 | Pacific Ocean The winds started picking up today, and with it so did the swell. Diego noticed a few drops of water that had leaked into the cabin near the navigation desk, and after a little investigation, we decided it had to be addressed immediately. There is a small rail[…]
Ross 17 April 2010 | Pacific Ocean In the past 24 hours, we shattered our previous distance record. With winds gusting to nearly 20 knots, we covered 174 nm. That’s 17 more than our previous record. We’re sailing with a double reefed main and the 135 genoa. By reefing the main, we’re making it smaller[…]
Ross 18 April 2010 | Pacific Ocean We beat the mileage record set yesterday by 7 miles. We sailed 181 miles which is just 11 miles shy of the furthest that the famous Francis Stokes sailed in one day in the same boat (he took second place in the first single handed round the world[…]
Ross 19 April 2010 | Pacific Ocean Although we only sailed 154 miles in the past 24 hours, it was still enough to bring us past the halfway point of this passage. We covered over 1450 miles since leaving the Galapagos. We’ve still got a heck of a long way to go, but psychologically it’s[…]
Ross 20 April 2010 | Pacific Ocean Today was a pretty slow day in comparison to the last few. We only covered 146 miles and there wasn’t much action. The wind calmed down a bit and changed direction slightly so it is more behind us. We can sail faster if the wind is slightly behind[…]