Category: SunsetNews
Sunset news day 31
We had a day off today. With absolutely no wind at all we drifted around in the ocean. After a couple hours the water surface turned into a mirror again. The sun brightened the cloudy sky and let the ... Read More
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
Sunset news day 29
The wind is playing us badly today. We are facing horrible 40-50 degree wind shifts followed by quick calms and gusts. In one minute we have 5 knots of wind from 020° and in the other we have 15 knot... Read More
Sunset news day 27
The wind picked up during the day. We’re finally sailing fast towards our destination, again! The wind is blowing up to 17 knots, with an average speed of 15 knots. So we are able to hold our cr... 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
Sunset news day 25
Imagine to wake up in a boat. Surprisingly it’s calm, nothing moves and all you can hear is a gentle humming sound of an engine. You go outside and recognize there’s nothing but water arou... 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
Sunset news day 23
I think we reached a point where a day feels more like a couple hours. The sun rises, the sun sets. Day in day out. Time slips through our fingers like sand. The wind acts like a toddler and shifts so... 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
Sunset news day 21
Another day another challenge. We got used to tacking multiple times a day. We have to use every possible wind shift to push us further north and closer to our estimated safety line at about 20° Nort... 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
Sunset news day 19
Today was another day full of decisions. Where’s the right way to go with the possibility of a facing storm? Can we hold our course without the iron genoa? The wind situation right now feels exh... 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
Sunset news day 17
Approximately half of our passage from Tahiti to San Diego is over. We already sailed 2300 nm since we left 17 days ago. Right now it feels like we could go anywhere we want. In the beginning it took ... Read More
Sunset news day 16
Ahoy, Another day just slipped through our fingers. It’s amazing how fast the days end. There’s no more wind and we started the iron genoa. During the day the water calmed down more and mo... Read More
Sunset news day 15
I think we set a record by passing the Dolldrums this time. In only two days we sailed through it without using the engine! With an average boat speed of about 8 knots we blasted through one of the mo... 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
Sunset news day 13
We officially entered the Dolldrums today. The last time we were in it we had a repeatedly change of dead calms followed by quick approaching squalls gusting up within seconds to 30-40 knots for about... 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
Sunset news day 11
After the equator crossing this night, we woke up with a beautiful sunrise in the northern hemisphere. But the sunshine didn’t last long. Clouds covered the sky wherever you look and formed quic... 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
Sunset news day 7
Today was like a relief for us. The wind changed in speed and direction and the waves are gentle. So we can enjoy being on the ocean again. With an apparent wind angle of about 65 degrees we’re ... 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