Azores to Dartmouth, Day 6 - Tuesday June 8, 2010

At 1200 hrs UT:

46:50.9N 18:11.8W

Distance to Dartmouth: 618 Nautical Miles

We're now over half way to Dartmouth from the Azores, and although none of us want this trip to end too soon, the North Atlantic weather is beginning to have its way with our nerves as well as our sleep patterns. Winds remained out of the Northwest at around 25 knots throughout most of the day, but have picked up again since sun down to gusting 35 in the rain squalls. Large amounts of 'green seas' regularly douse those in the cockpit. Thankfully, not even a constantly shifting cooking surface could keep Martin from mixing up a batch of his mother's marvellous home-baked bread - which most certainly rose to the occasion (pun intended).

This evening's meal (canned salmon and penne), while tasty thanks to Martin's culinary magic, was a harsh reminder at just how inept we are at catching live fish. I acknowledge that the weather has been a bit unfavorable the past few days, but how do we explain the last fishless 3,500 nautical miles.

Beer (P.S. Happy Birthday Dave)

+ Hoff, Martin & Charlotte The REAL Knightriders