Eric text 12:30am:
130 NM MVY SW DOVE TO CLR LINE ON PROP IN CALM SEA, SPIN FLY 2 DAY MTRG NOW
Wow, I'm impressed, he will make it to MV before I leave for France!
j.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
2010 Summer Cruise
Message from Eric today:
send wx 4MVY 150 NM SE ATL City.
He has been using the spinnaker the past 2 days! they're making time. I've texted 26 weather updates to Eric since he left Morehead City NC.
send wx 4MVY 150 NM SE ATL City.
He has been using the spinnaker the past 2 days! they're making time. I've texted 26 weather updates to Eric since he left Morehead City NC.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
2010 Summer Cruise - Passage to New England - Beaufort to Edgartown
Vlad, Bob and Eric have departed Beaufort NC heading for Edgartown MA on Martha's Vineyard. Weather window looks great.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
2010 Summer Cruise - Passage to New England - Key West to Beaufort
Devante's Dream is safely at the marina in Morehead City NC. Thank you Vlad and Gary for a great job in helping get her here safely. More on the passage later.
Eric
Eric
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
2010 Summer Cruise - Passage to New England - Final Preparations
Devante's Dream is ready. The main sail and stackpack are back on the boom.
Vlad and Gary are onboard finishing the final rigging of gear. Water has been topped off.
We are casting off. It is now 1015 May 27th 2010.
Hasta Manana!
Vlad and Gary are onboard finishing the final rigging of gear. Water has been topped off.
We are casting off. It is now 1015 May 27th 2010.
Hasta Manana!
2010 Summer Cruise - Passage to New England - Preparations 05-26-10
Preparations update
Heads
Heads
Replaced the plunger mechanisms and valves on both heads with the new locking style. Yucky job.
AIS
The AIS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Identification_System) receiver is working. Now we can see (and avoid) the big ships, their course, speed, name right on the computer. Cool.
The AIS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Identification_System) receiver is working. Now we can see (and avoid) the big ships, their course, speed, name right on the computer. Cool.
Rigging
Checked all of the rigging and installed several new sheets and halyards (ropes for the landlubbers).
Took the main sail and lazy jack cover off and brought it to the sailmaker for repairs. We'll put that back on this afternoon.
Charts
We now have GPS and paper charts for the entire eastern seaboard. There are three separate GPS systems, the "built-in" chart plotter at the helm (RayMarine RL70C Plus), the laptop running Cap'n software and my iPhone running Navionics charts. Amazingly the iPhone is the easiest of the three to use. Each system is also running a completely different set of charts.
Navigating
We're not totally relying on the GPS though. We'll be recording our position in the log book at the start of the each watch and we plot our course on paper charts as well. We also have four compasses on board, two built-in and two hand-held, plus my iPhone even has one.
Safety
The satellite phone is onboard and working properly. It's pretty cool. In addition to normal voice calls I can sent text messages to both cell phones and email addresses as well as recieve text messages. A nice feature is that receiving text messages is free. Using this feature I'll be able to get (brief) weather updates at sea.
The running lights have been checked and replaced where necessary and spares are on board. The safety equipment has been checked and updated where necessary.
Flag
A small victory today was installing the new flag pole and flag.
Eric
We now have GPS and paper charts for the entire eastern seaboard. There are three separate GPS systems, the "built-in" chart plotter at the helm (RayMarine RL70C Plus), the laptop running Cap'n software and my iPhone running Navionics charts. Amazingly the iPhone is the easiest of the three to use. Each system is also running a completely different set of charts.
Navigating
We're not totally relying on the GPS though. We'll be recording our position in the log book at the start of the each watch and we plot our course on paper charts as well. We also have four compasses on board, two built-in and two hand-held, plus my iPhone even has one.
Safety
The satellite phone is onboard and working properly. It's pretty cool. In addition to normal voice calls I can sent text messages to both cell phones and email addresses as well as recieve text messages. A nice feature is that receiving text messages is free. Using this feature I'll be able to get (brief) weather updates at sea.
The running lights have been checked and replaced where necessary and spares are on board. The safety equipment has been checked and updated where necessary.
Flag
A small victory today was installing the new flag pole and flag.
Eric
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