Thursday, June 19, 2008

A BIT OVER HALF WAY

Jim and Vanessa got us to the mid point of our voyage in the middle of the night. This morning Debbie got us under the 300 miles-to-go mark. Right now Debbie is motorsailing east of the rhumb line looking for that cold eddy that will flush us into Bermuda as early as Friday night. It is not likely we will find it so we expect landfall Saturday morning.

The seas are light. The motion of the boat is very comfortable. We are all sqeaky clean in new underwear after midtrip hot showers.

Lunch/Dinner today is Georgette's Surprise. The packaging on the the provisions is such that we just can't tell what we are having until it is thawed. That is just fine with us as it gives us something to anticipate that we know will be great.

06/19/2008
11:48:23 GMT
36° 28.05' N
67° 56.46' W

2 comments:

buzzsaw4 said...

For those that don't understand sailing language this should clarify the last blog entry
......a rhumb line (or loxodrome) is a line crossing all meridians at the same angle, i.e. a path of constant bearing. Under the Mercator projection the loxodrome will be a straight line
X=^,y=m(^-^o)
simple......now you know!

Hope you are all in good health
and enjoying the trip. We look forward to your return

Dave and Georgette

Anonymous said...

Yea, the last position I had you
about 273 miles from Bermuda, and heading right for it.