My B-day was yesterday and it was a bit sad to open the packed presents while talking to my girls on a scratchy Satellite phone connection. Felt far away… View the location or send a reply to Daniel Culpepper: https://explore.delorme.com/textmessage/txtmsg?mo=704bc13b8e0a43048d4533a71042a13d28880857&adr=50ftbnto-clpppr%40sailingheldeleine.com … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Food has been great thanks to the brilliant provisioning by Maryly Culpepper. The crew sings her praises each and every day. View the location or send a reply to Daniel Culpepper: https://explore.delorme.com/textmessage/txtmsg?mo=44c3465cd620488081884025a642fd3928880650&adr=50ftbnto-clpppr%40sailingheldeleine.com Daniel Culpepper sent this message from: Lat 35.072082 … Continue reading
At one point last night (always at night!) we surfed down a wave and broke the Heldeleine speed record with a speed of 13.2 kts. Try that in your Tesla! View the location or send a reply to Daniel Culpepper: … Continue reading
Day 4 We have had a wonderful period of sailing over the last 24 hrs. 15-20kts of winds with gusts to 27 have helped us eat up some miles. View the location or send a reply to Daniel Culpepper: https://explore.delorme.com/textmessage/txtmsg?mo=477c35e60d4d4b0da48c88cc3c07b03228880267&adr=50ftbnto-clpppr%40sailingheldeleine.com … Continue reading
Crew happy. Max’s back is acting up but he is doing his duty without a whine. Pierre is still fishless…we are hoping. Tom and Dan did some shackle repairs. View the location or send a reply to Daniel Culpepper: https://explore.delorme.com/textmessage/txtmsg?mo=f6124dbd5fec492bbc0acf2d37aa6ce128762578&adr=50ftbnto-clpppr%40sailingheldeleine.com … Continue reading
Heldeleine is doing 7kts and rocks a bit going downwind. Jibing soon to get back closer to the Rhumb (not “Rum”) line. Tom has begun the celestial nav lessons View the location or send a reply to Daniel Culpepper: https://explore.delorme.com/textmessage/txtmsg?mo=02d6b9ce6fd44e95b1c3f553b7bed63f28762327&adr=50ftbnto-clpppr%40sailingheldeleine.com … Continue reading
Day 2 Weak winds and swelly seas has made for challenging sailing. We are right now wing and wing with the Genoa poled out on the port side. View the location or send a reply to Daniel Culpepper: https://explore.delorme.com/textmessage/txtmsg?mo=b94e1b434169467685833f5da5f6196b28761969&adr=50ftbnto-clpppr%40sailingheldeleine.com Daniel … Continue reading
We have started. The winds are light and we are flying the spinnaker. Boat speed around 5 knots. Should freshen later. View the location or send a reply to Daniel Culpepper: https://explore.delorme.com/textmessage/txtmsg?mo=f34c013327d542858406ea645386890728680472&adr=50ftbnto-clpppr%40sailingheldeleine.com Daniel Culpepper sent this message from: Lat 32.511463 … Continue reading
Well, off we go on our 2nd Leg of this adventure. This is the big one. 1800-200 miles. We are ready and the boat is ready. We have spent the past few days with little jobs to organize things and … Continue reading
As I have said, we had a fast first leg to Bermuda. The first 2 days we ‘motorsailed’ with the word ‘motor’ the important word. There was 17-20 knots of wind right on the nose and chunky seas. Add to … Continue reading