Paul Benninger & I are delivering Black Diamond to Sackets Harbour on the US side near the St. Lawrence 24 hours away. We are leaving her there for winter service. We leave tonight at about 10pm ETA tomorrow 10pm. Sea state last night was 10 footers wind on nose, thank God, it clocked around wind on Starboad [Read More →]
Blogging aboard Black Diamond! Sailing logs of Black Diamond, a Jeanneau Sailboat.
* VIDEO * Wild Sail on Lake Ontario, Delivery to Sackets Harbour, NY.
October 27, 2011 — s/v Black DiamondSafe arrival to New York City
April 26, 2009 — s/v Black Diamond
We arrived safely with no injuries or damages in New York City on Sunday Morning at 5AM. The trip started out as a wild one. Just north of Charleston about 50 miles or so, we went through a wild thunderstorm. Sustained winds of 35 knots, gusts topped out at 47 knots. That’s near 100 kilometers [Read More →]
Day 5a – 36 Hour Tropical Storm!
November 11, 2008 — s/v Black Diamond
Day 5 – Nov. 3rd, Endured a 36 hour Tropical Storm! Just when we thought all was well, and we were only a day and half from St. Augustine’s, Florida, the winds started to pick up. We could see some precipitation on the Sirius Satellite Weather, we thought it was just a little bit of [Read More →]
Day 1c at Sea Continued
November 6, 2008 — s/v Black DiamondDay 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 →]