Dec. 3rd, 2008 Florida is experiencing a bit of a cold spell this week. We actually had to turn the heat on in the boat last night! We can’t complain too much considering that we left much colder temperatures in Canada. In Jacksonville we were at a marina located on the Intracoastal Waterway. We had [Read More →]
Day 3 – Saturday Nov. 1st, Chesapeake & Delaware Bay area Consulting the Sirius Satellite weather and saw that a cold front was moving in from the north, which would bring 35 to 40 knot winds (about 80kms/h), it was expected to hit the area and move south by Monday night or Tuesday morning. These [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.
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.