tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457471842650516536.post5996785765272976987..comments2023-10-11T04:02:03.742-07:00Comments on ABOARD NYON: day 4 - i got this feelingKyra and Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10417805121851873284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457471842650516536.post-79693888852288539662013-04-02T22:40:56.007-07:002013-04-02T22:40:56.007-07:00Over 144 NM per day is great!Over 144 NM per day is great!Michael Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15359487055197866481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457471842650516536.post-54442025712743965212013-04-02T21:20:28.806-07:002013-04-02T21:20:28.806-07:00I did it singlehanded from Cabo before
Not that be...I did it singlehanded from Cabo before<br />Not that being singlehanded had anything to do with where one chooses to cross the ITCZ.<br />Bottom line .... don't wait and get too far west. Once you punch thru the doldrums and its squalls....southeast winds await you. Got that,SOUTHeast. The further west one is the more that southeasterly is forward of the beam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457471842650516536.post-9624337766198483962013-04-02T20:25:41.120-07:002013-04-02T20:25:41.120-07:00Hi,
I been following Tom and Jeanne of s/v Eagle...Hi,<br /> <br />I been following Tom and Jeanne of s/v Eagle ever since they left the PNW, and I have the same kind of sailboat they have. Reading their blog I learned about your new adventure to I assume will be Fatu Hiva, a trip I've always wanted to make too. I'll be living part of my life vicariously through you, so have enough fun for all of us. From what I have learned you're on the longest leg of your adventure through the south pacific, so stay calm, patient, and a little hobby or activity will help while away the time...if you have the time. I followed a single handler with a boat like mine on this same passage a couple of years ago, and I think it took him about three weeks. One thing I remembered him talking about was trying to sail as long as he could above the ITCZ before angling down south, as that would help make his passage quicker/easier, but I think that depends on exactly where the ITCZ is. He experienced some days of complete calm and interesting weather/thunder storms plunging through ITCZ, but nothing he seemed to have any problems with.<br /> <br />Good sailing,<br />Don GrassAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com