Good Company - Light winds, Gennaker performing well.

Light winds, Gennaker performing well.

Good Company

Richard and Janet

Mon 26 Jan 2015 13:33

Current position: "18:02.03N 42:38.25W"

Very light air as of yesterday evening, only blowing 3-8kn right now but expected to pick up to the 10-15kn range by later today, then 15-20 for a few hours on Tuesday. Now we just try to avoid the very light wind areas until we reach Antigua!

Blog Entries

2015

Jul 2015

Tue 14 Jul 20:26
- Photos from St Maarten to Florida
- St Maarten to Florida - Job Done!

May 2015

Fri 15 May 12:38
- Friday morning
- Thursday evening
Thu 14 May 11:55
- Thursday Morning
- Wednesday night
Wed 13 May 12:02
- Wednesday morning
- Tuesday evening
Tue 12 May 16:59
- Tuesday Morning
Mon 11 May 13:18
- Monday Morning
- Sunday evening
Sun 10 May 13:49
- Sunday morning
- Saturday evening
Sat 9 May 11:50
- Saturday morning
- Evening update
Fri 8 May 13:14
- Friday morning
Thu 7 May 13:13
- Thursday Morning update
- Good going the first 24 hours
Wed 6 May 00:55
- Headed out!
- Sailed over to Green Cay
Sat 2 May 21:46
- Marina Cay
- Safely in the BVI's

Apr 2015

Mon 27 Apr 20:07
- April photos
- Easter break, Barbados visit, lionfish and water maker developments

Mar 2015

Wed 25 Mar 18:09

Feb 2015

Sat 21 Feb 18:39
- Photos of the crossing
- Account of the passage from Gran Canaria to Antigua
Thu 19 Feb 08:05
- Simpson Bay, St Maarten
- 46 miles to go!
Wed 18 Feb 23:21
- Making good ground the first few hours.
Sun 8 Feb 12:48
- Anchored in Antigua!
- 22 miles to go!
Sat 7 Feb 13:12
- Becalmed with 68 miles to go!
Fri 6 Feb 14:30
- SO close and the wind drops again!
Thu 5 Feb 14:44
- Just over 200 miles to go!
Wed 4 Feb 13:51
- Wind died all night, but we're getting closer!
Tue 3 Feb 12:40
- Getting there!
Mon 2 Feb 16:10
- Wind back up, 460 miles to go!
Sun 1 Feb 13:47
- VERY slow going the past 48 hours.

Jan 2015

Fri 30 Jan 14:02
- 690 miles to go. Winds lighter today but will pick up again soon.
Thu 29 Jan 14:32
- 760 miles to go, bumpy night but good winds!
Wed 28 Jan 13:20
- Moving along, 880 miles to go!
Tue 27 Jan 13:58
- Good winds again, nice fast progress!
Mon 26 Jan 13:33
- Light winds, Gennaker performing well.
Sun 25 Jan 13:34
- Lighter winds and more relaxing sailing
Sat 24 Jan 14:52
- Into some light winds, good to take a little break.
Fri 23 Jan 13:58
- Passed the half way point yesterday!
Thu 22 Jan 15:55
- Westward we go!
Wed 21 Jan 15:48
- Engine trouble = new destination, Antigua!
Tue 20 Jan 14:30
- Winds are down and sea is calming
- Onwards we go!
Mon 19 Jan 14:04
- Crossed the Tropic of Cancer!
- Finally caught a fish!
Sun 18 Jan 14:35
- Slowly making our way south
- Trying to head a little south
Sat 17 Jan 14:56
- Chunky seas but doing well!
Fri 16 Jan 22:28
- Still plenty of wind but getting pushed a little north now
Thu 15 Jan 20:08
- Windy windy!
Wed 14 Jan 15:23
- Making good ground in decent conditions. No fish yet!
Mon 12 Jan 12:53
- 26:37.759N 17:23.453W In a washing machine but is improving
Sat 10 Jan 16:46
- Farewell to Gran Canaria after four months

2014

Dec 2014

Tue 16 Dec 14:03
- The good, the bad and the ugly!
- Roaches, yacht on the rocks and other news
Wed 3 Dec 18:14
- New friends, and unwelcome guests

Nov 2014

Thu 20 Nov 17:47
- Back on our Spanish island
Thu 6 Nov 13:21
- Back home on Good Company in Marina Pasito Blanco
- Back in GC
Tue 4 Nov 10:08
- Farewell Good Company

Oct 2014

Mon 13 Oct 02:24
- Silence...

Sep 2014

Sun 21 Sep 17:21
Thu 18 Sep 21:39
- Gran Canaria news
Fri 12 Sep 17:24
- We arrived in Gran Canaria at 3.30 am on Monday
Sun 7 Sep 16:55
- Good progress made on first day
Fri 5 Sep 07:54
- Farewell to Madeira
Thu 4 Sep 16:46
Mon 1 Sep 15:30
- Tack Tick batteries are in Funchal!

Aug 2014

Thu 28 Aug 10:23
Sat 23 Aug 14:47
- Good times in Madeira - part 2
Thu 21 Aug 16:02
- Good times in Madeira - part 1
Sun 17 Aug 16:24
- Snap shots from our journey to Madeira
Sat 16 Aug 18:37
- The slow beat to Madeira!
Tue 12 Aug 17:35
- We have arrived safely in Madeira!
Sun 10 Aug 23:14
- Less than 48 hours to go! (hopefully!)
Fri 8 Aug 14:28
- Better winds, and fishing!
Wed 6 Aug 13:27
- Becalmed, a minor engine repair, and a shark!
Mon 4 Aug 14:17
- Light winds but making progress!
Sun 3 Aug 02:28
- Update on the adventures of the Good Company crew

Jul 2014

Wed 30 Jul 13:15
- Slow progress, but moving forward
Fri 25 Jul 16:03
- Water maker problems will not hold us back
- We are testing our Redbox
Thu 24 Jul 21:30
- Preparations are almost done
Wed 23 Jul 14:16
- We will be leaving in the next few days!

Light winds, Gennaker performing well.

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