David Wynne Davies 11 October, still in the Atlantic, but almost at Ireland So near, yet so far. For the last 48 hours we have been battling against headwinds in excess of Force 8 trying to make landfall on the…
Andrew Coulthurst, crew, Atlantic crossing 11th October So the jig with the west coast of Ireland continues. It’s as if there is an impenetrable forcefield about two hundred miles off the coast that will not let us pass. First of…
Posn.52,42.7n, 15,16.7w, baro 1018, sea temp13.2d,air temp12.8d, use 085T, wind SE 35KT 10 October UTC 21.00 We continue to beat to windward, roughly our 5th day of headwinds, in the absolute direction of our interim destination. It can be tiring,…
Rob Hudson, crew, Atlantic Crossing, Saturday 10th October 20.00 UTC A serious offence was committed yesterday, when I unwisely decided to update the logbook. Andrew had just passed me a cup of coffee, and a passing wave decided at that…
DISCIPLINARY ACTION ON BOARD 1800, Sat 8 Oct, 2016. I would like to formally report an act of wilful damage has been discovered on board NORTHABOUT. As skipper it is my solemn duty to investigate and deal with the matter…
David Wynne Davies, crew Atlantic crossing, 9th October Still 350nm to reach SW Ireland calling in perhaps at Dingle rather than Bantry Bay on Wednesday. Apparently it has better fuelling facilities. Andrew and Rob both know the town and say that it was…
Position 55,10.5N, 19,19.8W. wind SE,25 KT seas moderate, vis poor, sea temp 12.0c, air temp,12.8c Baro 1019 rising. 9 Oct 16.00 UTC Firstly an apology for missing daily logs, we have had our hands full keeping the boat moving SE…
When the person who was the real-life inspiration for Lara Croft (ground crew), has been dropping increasingly unsubtle hints that it’s time to join the party and write a crew blog, you should probably start listening. So here it (finally)…
Ben Edwards, crew whole expedition 8 October UTC 21.00 We have a challenge. As of Tuesday we have headwinds predicted that will stop us going anywhere. If we want to return home any time in the immediate future we have…
