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This should be our last night at sea, we are now 120 miles from a waypoint just North West of Barbados, so expect to be in Port St Charles tomorrow night sometime between 6 – 10 pm local time (UTC -4 hours). Have been busy working on boat challenges yesterday and today. Yesterday morning woke…
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Have had several very relaxing days on this passage, the weather has been very warm, 31c in the cabin, warmer when running the gen-set in the evenings while cooking dinner and running the water maker. The DTW (“distance to waypoint”) North of Barbados is 693 miles. PredictWind has our arrival at the waypoint forecast for…
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We have been making excellent progress sailing mostly directly downwind goose-winging or on a very broad reach. The sandstorm that plagued us for so long has now fully dissipated and the water is taking on that magical blue hue that I love so much. As I type we have 1,320 miles to go (as the…
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The dust storm has slightly eased but is still following us, but we are making excellent progress on a broad reach in 20kt winds. Had to snuff the spinnaker yesterday when the wind speed increased, but now doing 6 – 8 kts speed over ground with two reefs in the genoa and full main. Distance…
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We are making good progress Westwards under spinnaker in 10-15 kts of winds out of the East-Northeast. Visibility remains very poor since we left Mindelo due to the persistent red sand from an African sandstorm. Everything on Nakee is coated in fine red sand, the ropes, winches, blocks, canvas, everything. Where is a good old…
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We are leaving Mindelo, Cabo Verde, on a 2,200 mile passage to Port of Spain, Trinidad! https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Nakee/
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After 10 days at sea (two of which becalmed) we arrived at Mindelo, Cap Verde and were greeted by a friendly monkey! It is a public holiday here, so clearing customs and speaking with the riggers will have to wait until tomorrow. In the meantime we have given Nakee a wash to get the salt…
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We have had quite a heavy sea-state and following seas to deal with for the last few days, with wind in the mid-30kts and 5 meter waves. Nakee was sometimes hitting 9kts speed over ground surfing down these giant waves. Life on board has to slow down as the boat rolls heavily as the waves…
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After a few days of doldrums we finally found some wind and are making more progress in a southerly direction towards Mindelo. We have stowed the spinnaker and are flying the Genoa and main, both reefed. Hydrovane is doing a great job at steering the boat with no drain on the house bank batteries, really…
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We finally found some favorable wind and are now making progress Southward towards the Cap Verde Islands. Hydrovane is doing a great job of steering Nakee under sail with the spinnaker and using no electricity!
Bluewater sailing, diving and culinary adventures!
Bluewater sailing, diving and culinary adventures!