Tuesday July 13th
Noon position: 36’58” N 071’35” W 300 Miles SSW Nantucket
Course 089 ‘T Speed: 12.5 Knots Days Run: 242Miles (21 Hours)
Weather: Overcast and rainy Wind: 210’T 22-28kts
News:
Timoneer is at sea again departing Norfolk Virginia after having the topsides and non-skid on the deck house repainted. We are one our way to Sweden to pick up our next group of guests and weather permitting hope to stop in Iceland, then continue on to Denmark to have one of the winches worked on, and then Sweden. Timoneer took the Virginia pilots aboard at 3:00 and passed through the Berkley bridge at about 3:20 for the 2-1/2 hour ride out to Cape Henry where we dropped them off. The weather was grey and overcast although there was a nice breeze out of the South. Once we cleared the traffic separation scheme we rolled out the main and genoa with a reef in each and were off at about 12 kts, pushed by a 20-25 kts breeze from the South. We sailed for the next 21 hours straight throughout the night and into Tuesday, hoping to enter the gulf stream and catch a ride to the East North East before exiting and turning more North towards Iceland. All is well.
John
