https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-Terikah/ Here’s the link to our Predict Wind tracking page that will update our location as we travel.
Chris barely touched our sails for the remainder of the night; we are indeed in the Southeast Trade winds, which are unusually high north right now. We have a joke with the couple helping us with weather that, after the ITCZ, we’ll pop out into the Trades – “Poof!” It was indeed “poof” – magically…
Woke up to rain, rain, and more rain; so refreshing! All of us in the cockpit (inside the boat is too stuffy with hatches closed) getting misted. Motor-sailing south through the band of clouds at the top of the ITCZ. The mantra has been “go south” to reach the winds and avoid some areas of…
We continue on the same course from the last few days, quite cloudy all around, will need to start the generator to charge our batteries without the sun. We are still experiencing some wind (15-20 knots) and have our Code Zero up, as we approach the ITCZ. This morning I lost rock-paper-scissors and had to…