Category Archives: Underway

And Martinique is Behind Us.

This morning we pulled anchor from the Sainte Anne anchorage in southwestern Martinique, and set sail. As always, you can find our track and status here: https://saillogger.com/svharmonie For most of the two months we’re were at the dock in Martinique … Continue reading

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And Martinique is Behind Us.

This morning we pulled anchor from the Sainte Anne anchorage in southwestern Martinique, and set sail. As always, you can find our track and status here: https://saillogger.com/svharmonie For most of the two months we’re were at the dock in Martinique … Continue reading

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Delivery report

The delivery of an Amel 54 across the Atlantic has been completed without incident. The boat has performed well, only minor issues. Weather was very cooperative. That makes be my first TransAtlantic trip. We did pause at an open ocean … Continue reading

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Where is Bill Now?

The past couple weeks have been a travel scramble as various customer projects have moved up to their place on the schedule. A C-drive Install After dashing south from Brunswick, GA, USA to Le Marin, Martinique, I quickly hopped on … Continue reading

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Sailing from Bermuda to Martinique: An Easy Passage.

Last night we dropped anchor off Sainte Anne in Martinique after a long, but relatively uneventful trip. No gales, no pounding close hauled sailing. In 7 1/2 days we covered 1158 nautical miles at an average speed of 6.5 knots. … Continue reading

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This is Better

It has been about 24 hours since anchor up in St George, Bermuda. We are making good progress in light winds, certainly a much more pleasant experience than we had last week! One of the things I forgot about this … Continue reading

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Why Bermuda?

So why exactly did we end up in Bermuda? It is certainly a nice place, but wasn’t on our sailing plan. The sum of the story is that the weather forecasts were off just far enough to force us to … Continue reading

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Enough of that…

The forecast had the wind clocking to the South, and then Southwest. Didn’t happen. Left us close hauled in winds of 20 to 25 knots, and building. Boat and us getting beat up pretty hard. So a consensus decision was … Continue reading

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Making Easting

The route we are on is frequently called “Route-65” because you head east from the cost of the US and then when you get to 65W longitude, you turn south. On average, that puts you on a comfortable track. There … Continue reading

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Miles under the keel…

It hasn’t been fast sailing, but mostly quite steady. In 32 hours we have covered 212 miles. Only about 1350 miles and 12 days to go! The weather was pretty much as predicted, except for before dawn this morning when … Continue reading

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