Date: 05/24/2011Latitude: 29* 26'.6NLongitude: 064* 44.5WWeather: Moderate Winds, OvercastLog: Day 5 at sea. 206 miles to goTitle: Alone! Today is the 4th day in a row that we haven't seen a single sign of human life, other than ourselves. We could be the only ones left in the world! But that should all end tomorrow as we approach within a hundred miles of Bermuda, we should see some commercial air and sea traffic. I estimate that we will pull into the harbor ab...

Date: 05/23/2011Latitude: 28* 23.9NLongitude: 065* 20.7WWeather: Moderate Winds, SunnyLog: Day 4 at sea. 281 miles to goTitle: Unrep In the Navy, when a ship needs supplies at sea, a supply ship comes along side and supplies are high-lined from the supply ship to the ship in need. This is called an "UnRep" or Underway Replenishment, and is quite the feat to observe as both ships have to maintain exactly the same speed and bearing until the task is complete. I ha...

Date: 05/22/2011Latitude: 28* 23.9NLongitude: 065* 20.7WWeather: Moderate Winds, SunnyLog: Day 3 at sea. 502 miles to go We've been close hauled into the wind which is an uncomfortable point of sail because the boat heals so much. The only problem is that we are heading slightly off course to take advantage of the winds. Sooner or later we will have to turn east to get back on track.

Date: 05/21/2011Latitude: 25* 09.3NLongitude: 065* 14.7WWeather: Light Airs, Hot and SunnyLog: Day 2 at Sea - 502 miles to goTitle: "Visitor From Space" "Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"Matt 6-26 Yesterday a Stormy Petrel landed on our solar panel. Mirko and I were amazed at how friendly it seemed. It wasn't fazed by anything we d...

Date: 05/20/2011Local Time: 1630Latitude: 18* 26'.1 NLongitude: 64* 26.0 WWeather: Gentle Breeze, RainyTitle: Day 1 at sea I was woken early to take the wheel because the wind had shifted around to the south and Barry rigged a preventer to keep the main sail from slamming back and forth as we wallowed on a dead run. That done, I cooked fish and potatoes for breakfast.My watches today are the 1100 to 1400 and the 2000 to 2400.It's been rainy and overcast since l...