Author: team ZERO
Sunsetnews Day 30
Ahoy, We knew it would come. The forecast was absolute clear about it and now it’s here.. or better said, it’s not here anymore. The wind is gone. With around 3 kn of wind it’s anyth... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 26
Ahoy, We’re sailing!! Finally the wind came back and we set our sails. The first few hours we had the Spinacker up. It’s so nice to sail in the first breeze after a big calm, with almost n... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 24
Ahoy Mateys, We have no idea how many of you actually read our daily updates, we’re cut of society out here. Even though we have the Iridium Go to get weather and email, the bandwidth doesn̵... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 22
Ahoy, it’s been a good 2 days sailing on the port bow now, but tonight we had the long awaited wind shift. It must been from Kevin which is now around 600nm ENE of us. He sends us northerly wind... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 20
Ahoy, It’s starting being work now. With the shifting winds we need to change course a lot and most times that means tacking. So we furl in the genoa, tack and furl it out again. Trim all sails ... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 18
Ahoy, Today we made a decision. After I studied the forecast for days now. Watching closely 5 different models over the next 10 days, see how the tropical depressions dominate the windpattern in this ... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 14
Ahoy, The doldrums are good to us this time. Thanks to the low pressure system northeast of us were still sailing with 6-7 kn in an area where usually calms and squalls paly hide and seek. The wind is... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 12
Ahoy, Yesterday I finished building a new lure and we took it to a test today. A nice big squit style lure with big eyes and purple, blue and white colors. First I was disappointed that we didn’... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 10
Ahoy, Today it’s more like midnight news instead of sunsetnews. It’s 1:30 am and we just officially crossed the equator and entered the north pacific. This time we had a sail by ceremony. ... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 8
Ahoy, We had the first squall for days today, not a big one but it had some routine changing effect on us. First I saw the dark cloud heading straight towards us and felt actually relief. Relief that ... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 6
Ahoy, The wind is still increasing, up to 27 kn was the highest I saw on our instruments. It doesn’t sound like a lot but in this stretch of water it’s is nasty. The current comes down fro... Read More
Sunsetnews Day 4
Ahoy, Another beautiful day out in the big blue. Winds are still around 6-10 kn but not so much south anymore. That means we’re sailing pretty much north for now. We expect the winds to shift ba... Read More