Escapade of Rame - 17 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update

17 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update

Escapade of Rame

Richard & Julie Farrington

Sat 17 Nov 2018 23:37

32:53N 73:38W

We covered 152 miles in the first 24 hours at sea, but today the wind has been lighter and our speed has dropped. Warm sunshine provided good compensation though and I’m thinking of stowing my thermals away!

We crossed through the Gulf Stream during the night and emerged into a warmer climate around 4am.

The wind has gradually veered round to the north east and since sunset this evening has steadied at a very civilised 10 knots. We are now headed south east in calm seas with good visibility and a quiet night in prospect. We are the most south easterly boat of the group that left yesterday, so there’s no pressure... its not a race!

No significant defects onboard and morale is high.

Richard & Julie

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2019

May 2019

Sun 19 May 06:37
- 17 May - passage from the Azores to Gosport - the last leg
Fri 17 May 11:15
- 17 May - passage from the Azores to Gosport - the last leg
Thu 16 May 17:33
- 16 May - Passage from the Azores to Gosport - a Cornish pitstop (er... pasty stop)
Wed 15 May 11:04
- 15 May - Passage from the Azores to Gosport, Day 9
Tue 14 May 11:47
- 14 May - Passage from the Azores to Gosport, Day 8
Mon 13 May 12:08
- 13 May - Passage from the Azores to Gosport - Day 7
Sun 12 May 11:42
- 12 May - Passage from the Azores to Gosport, Day 6
Sat 11 May 12:02
- 11 May - Passage from the Azores to Gosport, Day 5
Fri 10 May 11:50
- 10 May - Passage from the Azores to Gosport Day 4
Thu 9 May 11:48
- 9 May - Passage from the Azores to Gosport Day 3
Wed 8 May 11:47
- 8 May - Passage from the Azores to Gosport - Day 2
Tue 7 May 11:39
- 7 May - Passage from the Azores to Gosport - Day 1
Mon 6 May 19:07
- 6 May - Transatlantic Part 1 - and some Azorean delights
Fri 3 May 00:34
- 2 May - Arrival at Horta, Azores
Wed 1 May 12:57
- 1 May - on passage to the Azores, Day 19

Apr 2019

Tue 30 Apr 14:16
- 30 April - on passage to the Azores, Day 18
Mon 29 Apr 14:04
- 29 April - on passage to the Azores, Day 17
Sun 28 Apr 15:17
- 28 April - on passage to the Azores, Day 16
Sat 27 Apr 15:02
- 27 April - on passage to the Azores, Day 15
Fri 26 Apr 14:56
- 26 April - on passage towards the Azores, Day 14
Thu 25 Apr 15:11
- 25 April - on passage to the Azores
Wed 24 Apr 15:05
- 24 April - on passage to the Azores
Tue 23 Apr 14:58
- 23 April - on passage to the Azores
Mon 22 Apr 14:58
- 22 April - on pasage to the Azores
Sun 21 Apr 14:57
- 21 April - on passage to the Azores
Sat 20 Apr 16:27
- 20 April - on passage to the Azores
Fri 19 Apr 16:32
- 19 April - on passage to the Azores
Thu 18 Apr 16:10
- 18 April - on passage to the Azores
Wed 17 Apr 15:54
- 17 April - on passage to the Azores
Tue 16 Apr 16:13
- 16 April - on passage to the Azores
Mon 15 Apr 16:10
- 15 April - on passag to the Azores
Sun 14 Apr 15:54
- 14 April 2019 - on passage to the Azores
Sat 13 Apr 17:46
- 13 April - Return to Antigua and off to the Azores

Mar 2019

Sun 17 Mar 22:16
- 12 March - Jolly Harbour and back to Blighty

Feb 2019

Fri 22 Feb 22:25

Jan 2019

2018

Dec 2018

Sat 22 Dec 18:49
- 21 Dec - Exploring the Virgin Islands, a sandbank and an Anniversary!
Sun 9 Dec 16:27
- 8 Dec - Back to the British Virgin Islands

Nov 2018

Tue 27 Nov 01:41
- 25 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update
Sat 24 Nov 22:33
- 24 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update
- 23 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 2100(local) update
Thu 22 Nov 23:59
- 22 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update
Wed 21 Nov 22:43
- 21 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update
Tue 20 Nov 23:32
- 20 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update
- 19 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update
Mon 19 Nov 00:04
- 18 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update
Sat 17 Nov 23:37
- 17 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update
Fri 16 Nov 23:47
- 16 Nov - Passage to BVIs: 1800(local) update
- 15 Nov - Pushing south and watching the weather
Thu 8 Nov 04:31

Oct 2018

Tue 23 Oct 19:48
Sun 14 Oct 03:00
- 3 October - Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and a return to Newport
Mon 8 Oct 15:59
- 29 Sept - Large whale and small rock
Sat 6 Oct 17:22
- 27 Sept - Boston
Thu 4 Oct 01:48
- 23 Sept - a spot of witchcraft, ashore and afloat
Mon 1 Oct 02:54
- 20 Sep - Visiting Portsmouth New Hampshire and Gloucester Massachusetts

Sep 2018

Fri 21 Sep 03:09
- 16 Sept - Isles of Maine Part 5 - island living and fog heading to Pompey!
Thu 13 Sep 22:43
Sun 9 Sep 18:22
- 4 Sept - Isles of Maine Part 1
Thu 6 Sep 01:31
- How on earth did we get here?
Sun 2 Sep 15:17
- 30 Aug - West to Maine, old friends and some technical stuff

Aug 2018

Thu 30 Aug 18:10
- 15 Aug - exploring Nova Scotia
Wed 22 Aug 02:33
- 14 Aug - Pushing north with North
Tue 14 Aug 01:51
- 5 Aug - Bling, beauty, boating tales and some cool jazz in Newport
Tue 7 Aug 19:59
- 28 July - Long Island to Rhode Island and Cape Cod
Wed 1 Aug 16:18
- 27 July - a week in New York

Jul 2018

Wed 25 Jul 03:56
- 15 July - Destination New York City
Tue 24 Jul 20:56
Fri 20 Jul 15:54
- 13 July - at the top end of the Chesapeake
Thu 19 Jul 15:44
Tue 17 Jul 17:45
- 7 July - Some history, some engineering and the odd glass of wine
Thu 12 Jul 14:18
- 4 July - Hotter than July in Reedville!
Mon 9 Jul 02:07
- 26 June - The Boss returns, Colonial treasures and the Corrotoman
Sun 8 Jul 02:31
- 21 June - Flies, Fire Trucks, Optimists, Old Friends and new

Jun 2018

Tue 26 Jun 03:11
- 18 June - History, power projection, old friends and peace in the Chesapeake
Sat 23 Jun 21:21
Fri 15 Jun 18:11
- 7 June - Exploring Charleston, South Carolina
Thu 14 Jun 19:07
- 31 May - Georgia on my mind?
Thu 7 Jun 16:23
- 26 May - Heading North along Florida's Atlantic coast
Sun 3 Jun 16:26
- 20 May - Of Mustangs and cats in the Florida Keys
- 18 May - discovering the Conch Republic and the Dry Tortugas

May 2018

Wed 30 May 03:33
Sun 20 May 23:14
- 8 May - This Cruising Life... a Cuban Adventure Part 2
Thu 17 May 13:57
- 3 May - an introduction to Cuba
Sat 12 May 20:41
- 1 May - Heading west from Puerto Rico

Apr 2018

Mar 2018

Wed 28 Mar 18:18
- 25 March - (Doubly Dutch) Sint Maarten and gently British Anguilla
- 24 March - St Martin - split personality?
Sat 24 Mar 03:06
- 20 March - discovering Montserrat
Mon 19 Mar 15:12
- 18 March - Further Escapades in Antigua
- 13 March - Colour, cricket and chillin' in Antigua
Fri 16 Mar 01:00
- 8 March - Marie Galante, Guadeloupe and English Harbour
- 3 March - Les Iles des Saintes
Thu 8 Mar 21:54
Fri 2 Mar 13:37
- 26 Feb - Breaking out of Marin
- 22 Feb - Marinading in Martinique

Feb 2018

Sun 25 Feb 02:34
- 16 Feb - St Lucia
Sat 17 Feb 04:05
- 12 Feb - Goodby Grenadines, Hello Rodney (Bay)
Sat 10 Feb 18:09
- 4 Feb - Music in Mustique
Tue 6 Feb 15:06
- 2 Feb - Canouan, the haves and have nots
Mon 5 Feb 00:07
- 31 January - Union Island Blues

Jan 2018

Wed 31 Jan 13:01
- 25 Jan - Return to Carriacou
Sun 21 Jan 23:26
- 19 Jan - 'Just liming' in Grenada
Wed 17 Jan 22:51
- 6 January - Exploring Grenada
Mon 15 Jan 08:11
- 1 January 2018 - a Grenadian New Year
Sun 7 Jan 22:18
- 28 Dec 2017 - Do turtles vote for Christmas in the Grenadines?

2017

Dec 2017

Wed 27 Dec 18:35
- 21 December: Grenadan Spice - Part 1
Tue 19 Dec 21:27
- 10 December - A Transatlantic Two-handed Escapade
Sun 10 Dec 15:29
- 9 December - Arrived St Georges Harbour, Grenada
Fri 8 Dec 19:16
- Passage to Grenada - 8 December 1900UTC position
Thu 7 Dec 19:14
- Passage to Grenada - 7 December 1800UTC position
Wed 6 Dec 20:07
- Passage to Grenada - 6 December 1800UTC position
Tue 5 Dec 19:10
- Passage to Grenada - 5 December 1900UTC position
Mon 4 Dec 18:19
- Passage to Grenada - 4 December 1800UTC position
Sun 3 Dec 18:21
- Passage to Grenada - 3 December 1800UTC position
Sat 2 Dec 18:16
- Passage to Grenada - 2 December position at 1800UTC
Fri 1 Dec 18:21
- Passage to Grenada - 1 December position at 1800UTC

Nov 2017

Thu 30 Nov 18:56
- Passage to Grenada - 30 November 1800UTC position
Wed 29 Nov 18:53
- Passage to Grenada - 29 November 1800UTC Position
Tue 28 Nov 19:11
- Passage to Grenada - 28 November 1800UTC position
Mon 27 Nov 19:09
- Passage to Grenada 27 November - 1800UTC position
Sun 26 Nov 19:36
- Passage to Grenada 26 Nov 2017 - 1800UTC position
Sat 25 Nov 14:45
- 25 November - Basecamp Mindelo
Mon 20 Nov 23:25
- 17 Nov - South to Cape Verde
Fri 17 Nov 21:49
- 17 November - arrived Mindelo, Cape Verde at 0500UTC
Thu 16 Nov 18:14
- Passage to Cape Verde 16 November at 1800UTC
Wed 15 Nov 19:05
- Passage to Cape Verde 15 November at 1800UTC
Tue 14 Nov 18:08
- Passage to Cape Verde 14 November at 1800 UTC
Mon 13 Nov 18:57
- Correction to 12 Nov position
- Passage to Cape Verde 13 November at 1800UTC
Sun 12 Nov 18:20
- Passage to Cape Verde 12 November 2017 at 1800UTC
Fri 10 Nov 23:47
- 10 Nov - Further Canary Island excursions V2
Sun 5 Nov 21:06
- 5 Nov - A Look at Lanzarote

Oct 2017

Tue 31 Oct 13:03
- 31 Oct - Atlantic Islands
Mon 30 Oct 12:02
- 28:57.79N 013:32.32W
Sun 29 Oct 16:53
Wed 25 Oct 17:15
- 25 October on passage to Lanzarote 1800 position
Tue 24 Oct 22:31
- 18 Oct - Into Africa
Fri 20 Oct 20:56
- 16 Oct - More Moorish Meandering
Mon 16 Oct 21:27
- 13 Oct - More time at Gibraltar
Mon 9 Oct 22:43
- 9 Oct - more tales from Gibraltar
Fri 6 Oct 14:24
- 30 Sept - Gibraltar work package
Mon 2 Oct 10:24
- 22 Sept - the glorious city of Seville
- 20 Sept - Los Pueblos Blancos

Sep 2017

Tue 26 Sep 20:39
- 19 Sept - The Pillars of Hercules
Tue 19 Sep 06:24
- 16 Sept - Bulls and Bodegas
Tue 12 Sep 23:00
- 12 Sept - A week in the Algarve
Mon 4 Sep 20:26
- 3 Sept - Caves, dolphins and lead lines

Aug 2017

Mon 28 Aug 10:10
- 27 Aug - pushing south
Sun 27 Aug 22:04
Wed 23 Aug 11:41
- Fw: 21 Aug - Discovering Lisbon
Mon 21 Aug 23:00
- 15 Aug - Learning, beach holidays and great sardines
Fri 18 Aug 22:23
- 14 Aug - a Douro Day
Thu 17 Aug 21:18
- 13 Aug - Shiny tiles and cobbled streets V5
Sun 13 Aug 22:02
- 9 Aug - Leixoes Laundry Blues
Wed 9 Aug 22:53
- 7 August: Farewell to you, Spanish Rias...
Sun 6 Aug 20:38
- 6 Aug - of islands, the Romans, bling and bliss
Thu 3 Aug 18:55
- 29 July - Vigo repairs and some cool jazz

Jul 2017

Sat 29 Jul 15:44
- 25 July - an Irish party in Galicia
Fri 28 Jul 22:20
- FW: 24 July - Diplomacy in Vigo
Wed 26 Jul 22:59
- 23 July - Island paradise and Vigo Delight
Sat 22 Jul 16:52
- 20 July - Bent Metal and the Ria Pontevedra
- 18 July - at Illa de Arousa and Pedras Negras
Mon 17 Jul 12:08
- 17 July in the Ria de Arousa
Sun 16 Jul 22:25
- 13 July - Finisterre to San Francisco Bay is just 20 miles...
Tue 11 Jul 11:58
- 11 July - a short stop at the end of the world
Sat 8 Jul 21:07
- 8 July at Ria de Camarinas
Wed 5 Jul 21:25
- 5 July - Old Ferrol and the Percebes Capital of the World
Tue 4 Jul 09:05
- 29 June - 2 Jul: Backroads and beaches
Sat 1 Jul 16:47
- 28 June on the Camino de Santiago
- 27 June at La Coruna

Jun 2017

Mon 26 Jun 15:59
Sat 24 Jun 21:04
- 23 June at Ria Viveiro
- 22 June at Ribadeo
Wed 21 Jun 22:20
- 19 - 21 June at Luarca
- 17 June - mountaineering
Tue 20 Jun 09:21
- 15 June - a coastal run
Wed 14 Jun 17:38
- 13 June - Hola Gijon!
- 11 June at La Trinite sur Mer
Sun 11 Jun 12:22
Tue 6 Jun 17:12
- 6 June: wet and windy in the Morbihan
Sun 4 Jun 22:02
- 4 June In the Golfe de Morbihan
Fri 2 Jun 05:38
- 1 June - at Port du Crouesty, Golfe de Morbihan
Thu 1 Jun 22:08
- 31 May at le Palais, Belle Ile
- 30 May at Star Vraz Bay, Belle Ile

May 2017

Sun 28 May 22:26
- FW: 28 May at Lorient
Fri 26 May 19:03
- A word or two on Responsibilities
- 24-26 May at Iles de Glenan
Tue 23 May 21:38
Sun 21 May 21:10
- 21 May at Douarnenez
Fri 19 May 18:04
- 19 May: The world beyond Finisterre
Thu 18 May 21:11
- 18 May at L'Aberwrac'h
- 16 May at Brixham (now with photos)
Sun 14 May 20:41
- Paring down life...
- At Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
Sat 13 May 09:02
- The Start Line beckons...

Apr 2017

Fri 28 Apr 20:48
- Heading towards the start line...

2016

Jul 2016

Fri 15 Jul 10:27
- 14 July
- 13 July at Iona
Wed 13 Jul 22:33
Wed 6 Jul 21:02
- 6 July 2016 at Oban (still)
- 5 July 2016

Jun 2016

Sun 26 Jun 20:53
- 24 June 2016
Wed 22 Jun 21:19
- Gigha and Islay
Tue 21 Jun 12:24
- Escapade's Scottish Adventure