Stella - Crossing Biscay (Day 2)

Crossing Biscay (Day 2)

Stella

Alan & Mary Phypers

Mon 6 Sep 2010 02:32

44:22.4N 04:57.6W

Another uneventful day....... Saw lots of dolphins but they didn’t come to play. Thought we saw a whale, but can’t be sure.

Glassy clam all day – hard to believe it can be so calm. Even harder to comprehend that the bottom of the sea is 4.5km down!!

The calm conditions gave Alan a chance to practice his traditional navigation techniques and out came the sextant. However he’s still to work out whether we’re in the northern or southern hemisphere! It seems like an awful lot more hassle than looking at the chart plotter, but he assures me it’s all fun!

Mary got stuck into her book, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, so was happy.

The wind has been variable but has inevitably found its way to the south and is of course now on the nose!

We hope to arrive at Gijon mid morning on Monday.

Sunrise in Biscay

A strange form of entertainment. Note how glassy calm the sea is.

Blog Entries

2011

Dec 2011

Wed 7 Dec 19:41
- Signing Off

Oct 2011

Mon 3 Oct 22:23
- Bonus weather

Sep 2011

Sat 10 Sep 15:19
- Return to Lymington

Aug 2011

Thu 25 Aug 12:37
- Salcombe & Dartmouth
Mon 22 Aug 22:25
- Cornwall
Sat 6 Aug 20:03
- Isles of Scilly Photos

Jul 2011

Thu 28 Jul 18:40
- Isles of Scilly
Tue 26 Jul 09:04
- Stella's arrival in the Isle of Scilly
Mon 25 Jul 21:15
- Day 9: Azores to the UK
Sun 24 Jul 19:02
- Day 8: Azores to the UK
Sat 23 Jul 21:50
- Day 7: Azores to the UK
Fri 22 Jul 22:02
- Day 6: Azores to the UK
Thu 21 Jul 21:21
- Day 5: Azores to the UK
Wed 20 Jul 21:31
- Day 4: Azores to the UK
Tue 19 Jul 22:01
- Day 3: Azores to the UK
Mon 18 Jul 22:19
- Day 2: Azores to the UK
Sun 17 Jul 21:49
- Day 1: Azores to UK
Fri 15 Jul 20:25
- San Miguel
Sun 10 Jul 20:28
- Terceira

Jun 2011

Fri 24 Jun 13:03
- Horta Azores
Tue 14 Jun 12:01
- Day 14: We've Arrived
Mon 13 Jun 12:35
- Day 13: Nearly There
Sun 12 Jun 21:09
- Day 12: Another Good Day
Sat 11 Jun 19:25
- Day 11: The Tide Has Turned
Fri 10 Jun 19:25
- Day 10: Another Rainy Day
Thu 9 Jun 19:52
- Day 9: A grey uneventful day
Wed 8 Jun 18:45
- Day 8: Over Half Way There
Tue 7 Jun 16:11
- Day 7: Beautiful Sunny Day
Mon 6 Jun 14:50
- Another horrible squally night
Sun 5 Jun 13:35
- Day 5: Rainy and Horrible
Sat 4 Jun 12:56
- Day 4: A Squally Night
Fri 3 Jun 19:54
- Day 3: Fast Sailing
Thu 2 Jun 20:32
- Day 2: A slow start
Wed 1 Jun 14:20
- Heading for The Azores

May 2011

Mon 30 May 13:23
- Bermuda
Sun 15 May 16:32
- Arrival in Bermuda
Sat 14 May 23:04
- Day 7: Nearly There
Fri 13 May 19:48
- Day 6: Plodding on to Bermuda
Thu 12 May 21:11
- Day 5 Beating to Bermuda
Wed 11 May 20:24
- Day 4 to Bermuda
Tue 10 May 22:20
- Day 3 to Bermuda
Mon 9 May 19:35

Apr 2011

Sat 30 Apr 01:28
- Back to Antigua
Fri 29 Apr 12:22
- Anaegada
Thu 28 Apr 18:56
- British Virgin Islands
Sun 10 Apr 16:14

Mar 2011

Mon 21 Mar 11:58
- Arrived in the BVIs
Fri 18 Mar 22:23

Feb 2011

Sun 20 Feb 20:32
- Guadeloupe and Les Saintes
Thu 10 Feb 16:50
- Dominica
- Martinique
Tue 1 Feb 11:34

Jan 2011

Tue 11 Jan 01:57

2010

Dec 2010

Wed 29 Dec 03:09
- Caribbean Christmas
Wed 22 Dec 14:10
- Photos From The ARC Build Up In Las Palmas
- Photos From The Crossing
Sat 18 Dec 19:06
- We've Arrived
- Land Ahoy
Tue 14 Dec 01:24
- Only 370 Miles and 3 Days To Go
Sat 11 Dec 22:20
- Moving Up The Fleet
Wed 8 Dec 22:05
- Wind and Squalls
Tue 7 Dec 20:17
- Half Way
Mon 6 Dec 10:10
- Fish!!!
Fri 3 Dec 19:44
- Trade Winds Have Died
Wed 1 Dec 22:38
- Trade winds at last

Nov 2010

Mon 29 Nov 21:51
- Slowly Beating South
Sun 28 Nov 13:39
- Still changing sails
Fri 26 Nov 22:55
- Still heading South, slowly
Thu 25 Nov 12:41
- Sail Changes
Wed 24 Nov 07:41
- ARC day 3
Tue 23 Nov 06:43
- Day 1 of The ARC
Sun 21 Nov 08:43
- 4 Hours to Go
Fri 12 Nov 13:16
- ARC Build up
Fri 5 Nov 22:58
- Arrived in Las Palmas
Tue 2 Nov 19:36
- Relaxing in Lanzarote

Oct 2010

Fri 29 Oct 21:09
- Antifouling in Lanzarote
Wed 27 Oct 11:16
- Lanzarote
Mon 25 Oct 09:53
- Arrival in Lanzarote
Sat 23 Oct 19:42
- Sailing at last
Fri 22 Oct 12:08
- Lagos to Canaries via the Doldrums
Thu 21 Oct 14:17
- On route to Canaries
Wed 20 Oct 09:19
- Lagos
Mon 18 Oct 11:17
- Oeiras
Sun 17 Oct 08:16
- Mary's First Trip to Lisbon
Thu 14 Oct 23:41
- Finally in Lisbon
Wed 13 Oct 11:26
- Finally on the move
Mon 11 Oct 05:45
- Bored in Bayona
Wed 6 Oct 22:21
- Still in Bayona
Tue 5 Oct 22:42
- Stuck in Bayona
Mon 4 Oct 10:17
- Stormy Baiona
Fri 1 Oct 23:05
- Islas Cies & Baiona

Sep 2010

Thu 30 Sep 16:20
- Ria de Vigo
Wed 29 Sep 21:59
- Islas Cies and Ria de Vigo
Mon 27 Sep 22:41
- Ria de Pontevedra - Combarro
Sun 26 Sep 08:17
- Exploring Ria de Arosa
Sat 25 Sep 20:25
- Sailing (!) to Ria de Arosa
Thu 23 Sep 22:53
- Santiago de Compostela
Wed 22 Sep 21:22
- Cape Finisterre
Tue 21 Sep 22:33
- Camarinas
Mon 20 Sep 13:45
- Nearly heading south
Sat 18 Sep 21:34
- La Coruna
Fri 17 Sep 11:39
- Cedeira
Thu 16 Sep 09:01
- Exploring the Rias
Tue 14 Sep 21:02
- Ria de Vivero
Mon 13 Sep 20:51
- Ribadeo
Sun 12 Sep 06:53
- Gijon to Ribadeo
Fri 10 Sep 15:43
- Picos de Europa
Wed 8 Sep 15:45
- Picos de Europa
Mon 6 Sep 20:09
- Arrived in Spain
- Crossing Biscay (Day 2)
Sat 4 Sep 23:08
- Crossing Biscay ( day 1)
- Heading For Spain
Thu 2 Sep 21:01
- Ile D'Yeu
Wed 1 Sep 20:53
- Pornichet - Heading South and Getting Warmer
- Terra Firma

Aug 2010

Tue 31 Aug 20:07
- Island Hopping
Mon 30 Aug 11:32
- Early Taste of the Caribbean
Sun 29 Aug 12:16
- Sunshine at last
Fri 27 Aug 21:45
- Passing the Raz de Sein
Thu 26 Aug 13:42
- Still Raining
Wed 25 Aug 18:39
- Arrival in France
Mon 23 Aug 23:55
- On our way to France
Sun 22 Aug 21:44
- Plymouth to Falmouth
Sat 21 Aug 21:28
- Tamar River and Pentillie Castle
Fri 20 Aug 23:13
- A day in the drizzle
Thu 19 Aug 21:52
- Dreary Plymouth
Wed 18 Aug 22:14
- Dittisham
Tue 17 Aug 08:21
- Arrived in Dartmouth
Mon 16 Aug 12:20
- Sat Phone Testing
Sun 15 Aug 21:36
- The adventure has started!
Thu 12 Aug 08:51
- New Rigging
Fri 6 Aug 17:45
- 50:45.089N 001:31.5274W

Jun 2010

Sun 20 Jun 13:02
- Getting set up

Crossing Biscay (Day 2)

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