Day 3
What a glorious sunrise this morning as we cruise parallel to the coast of Puerto Rico. We set into our night sail with a poled-out jib and preventer on the main as yet another idyllic night sky welcomed us. The conditions held until just a few hours before dawn, as Chris noted an increase in wind and a darkening sky to windward. In good time, we dropped into the second reef and balanced the jib to ride out the first squall of the passage. All went without drama, and we have continued to make good speed with a reduced sail area since. The teams are well into the swing of things now as we welcome a new month, and I'm on the lookout for any naughty crew attempting an April fool.
EmilyCaruso
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Hat overboard!
On June 4, we reviewed our passage plan before our departure from the marina in Hjellested.
Departure from Bergen!
The crew on the women’s sail training on Isbjorn is settling into a great routine for managing the boat and life onboard.
The sun sets on another journey
The hardest part of sailing across French Polynesia wasn't the night watches, the heat, or the open ocean — it was the prospect of being trapped on a small boat with a group of strangers. First-timer Natalie boards as a self-described land crab and discovers that the sea has a way of reshaping both your sea legs and your assumptions. What follows is dolphins, sharks, the Milky Way in full technicolour, and a crew that somehow made the whole thing better than she ever imagined.