Date: Friday, 05/27/2011Location: St. Georges, BermudaWeather: Moderate Winds, SunnyTitle: Landfall, Bermuda I woke up at 0430 for my watch and I could clearly see the coast of Bermuda and the waves breaking on the reef all along the coast. I took the helm and headed for the buoy marking the channel entrance, still several miles ahead. The channel entrance is clearly marked with channel buoys but only about 60 feet wide. Once inside, the bay opens up into a lar...

Date: 05/25/2011Latitude: 31* 37'.8NLongitude: 064* 28'.7WWeather: Moderate Winds, SunnyLog: Day 6 at sea. 98 miles to goTitle: Genoa Halyard Broke I had just come off my 1100 to 1300 watch, got something to eat, and settled in to reading when Mirko started calling for Barry. Barry then asked me if I would go up to the bow and take the genoa down, I suited up and went up and loosened the halyard and started pulling the sail down. Mirko came up with the sail bag...

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.