Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Crossing The Gulf Stream – Florida to The Bahamas Tuesday evening we left the Marina in Fort Lauderdale to cross the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas. The winds were coming from the south-east at about 25 knots. These conditions are not exactly the perfect “weather window” that most cruisers sit and [Read More →]
Day 1 at Sea Continued…….Thursday 12AM Midnight…… Perfect conditions on our offshore sail from New York to Florida, November 2008. The winds were 15 to 25 knots, on the starboard quarter, broad reaching the whole way on 5 to 8 foot swells. 929 nautical miles in 5 days and 3 hours. Wednesday October 29th 6PM [Read More →]
A little clip of some rough sailing from New York to Florida offshore the whole way in 5 days 3 hours.
Comments after enduring a 36 hour, tropical depression on the Atlantic Ocean, offshore of the coast of Jacksonville Florida. We were about 100 miles offshore. The is was one of Peter’s first time ever on a sail boat. A crazy adventurer who said it would be a piece of cake.