David, Congrats to you and your crew! I’m still amazed you sailed using celestial navigation (I would have probably missed Bermuda completely and be 100-miles off of St. John by now.) Enjoy the non-rocking level land of Bermuda and try to leave some rum for the tourists.
It was fun tracking your progress from my warm, dry office. Have a safe trip back. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > On Jun 26, 2015, at 8:38 AM, David via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > Thanks for watching. Had a blast racing with my two sons (21 and 24). I > attempted celestial navigation for the first time. In retrospect, not a > smart move give the nature of the stream this year. Got a good noon sight > on Sunday (stream day) and could not get one Monday. > > The stream was not a simple crossing, but we stayed with it down the > rumb-line for 20+ hours of 30-50 knots, confused large seas and, at times, > horizontal, painful rain. > > We and boat were wet, wet and wet. Started Saturday with incredibly high > humidity and continued with mucho spray. Couple that with batten down the > hatches, I think I lost five pounds in 4 days! Tuesday was classic Bermuda > race weather: smooth seas, close reach and bout 10 knots of breeze. Cold > move about with being tossed about. > > Problem was I had no idea what the stream was doing to us without cross-track > error. We sailed her fast and safe through the stream, but apparently did > not keep far enough west. I though I had enough westing in the bank. Nope. > > Anyway the boat did great. Very little broke and we and the whole fam damily > are enjoying ourselves and the level surfaces land offers. My wife and > daughter will be joining myself and Max on the way back. Leaving Sunday or > Monday. Weather looks a bit dicey and will know after weather briefing today > at 11:00. > > See you at the back side! > > > > David F. Risch > (401) 419-4650 (cell) >
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