Tuesday at midnight I assume my watch We are still flying spinnaker and making around 4 knots. 89 nm to go. Greg has seen numerous satellites and a shooting star, but nothing else to report. It is a comfortable night with a few clouds and a full moon. I settle in. I was hoping to get through a night watch without having to wake Yves, but around 2 AM, while I was watching my TED lectures, the wind shifted. The spinnaker went limp and kept wrapping itself around ...

150 nm to go. Greg let me sleep in and woke me up at 6:40 AM. The wind is weak at 5 knots and we are making around 4 knots. This is frustrating as it means that our ETA is tomorrow around 5-7 PM and I was hoping to get in around noon and with luck find flights home (this is going to be interesting how that works). Hopefully the winds will pick up a bit. Sunny day, still about 20 degrees out and a few clouds. I'll make coffee closer to 9 AM. Yves awakes after I ...

Canada Day!!!!! I am awoken at 3 AM by Greg for my watch. Nothing to report, the winds have been steady around 7-10 knots. I grab my jacket, life vest and iPod and take over. I have gotten comfortable sitting under the dodger (wind protector) with my feet hanging down the steps. All of a sudden the winds pick up to 18-19 knots and the spinnaker has us keeled over hard to port and bow. The autopilot alarm is blaring that we are off course. I think to myself tha...

I awoke at 11:40 as I heard an alarm and much noise on deck. Greg was fighting with the spinnaker and we had drifted slightly off course. The winds had picked up, but he had it under control. At midnight we were all topside and decided to change the rigging. We went with the main and the genoa. I started my watch and there was close to a full moon. What a difference the moon makes. It is like having soft lighting on the ocean. I settled in. I saw a ship on the ...

Friday morning of the long weekend! Greg wakes me for the 6AM shift and I make instant coffee and head topside. It is chilly, we are still under motor power - ARGHHHHH, the doldrums (when there is no wind) are starting to take its toll on me. I want to get home and every time it looks like we are making progress, something comes up to delay our arrival. We have 526 nm to go. I have done calculations that it is 4 days (Tuesday) at 5 knots and Monday if we can get ...