Wednesday, July 05, 2006

One of the last updates... hopefully

48 04 N
07 59 W


130 NM to go ... we are very close :) arrival estimated: Thursday early morning ...can't wait for my café au lait with croissants au beurre, nom de diou...

Still no land yet but more activity on the water, mainly fishing boats.

Weather is cloudy but nice, not cold and we have a little wind pushing us West.

Yesterday, we celebrated 4th of July, by drinking 1 beer each and having some Belgium Chocolate... such a luxury cruise here.

Allez les bleus...

Sunday, July 02, 2006

486 Nautical Miles to go...

Sunday July 2
46°57 N
16°35 W


486 Nautical Miles to go but we have a strong East wind in the nose and East, it is where we want to go :( We hope that the wind will changed direction soon. Weather is good now but yesterday we had a lot of rain and it is not fun to be outside at the wheel for 3 hours completly wet...

Saturday, July 01, 2006

another update from the middle of nowhere :) (Fred)

48° 02 N
20° 33 W

Saturday July 1

Making some progress here...633 nautical miles to go. So a few nights ago during my watch, it was dark and I was probably sleeping at the wheel (don't tell the other guys). Suddendly, I am hit by something in the face, something wet and like jelly...like a snowball...in the middle of the ocean. I switch on my flash light and
there is that flying fish shacking on the deck... Really wierd animal...a fish with wings like a bird. And the poor guy managed to hit my face in that big ocean...I put it back to the water...hope he is fine :)