Newport to Bermuda Day 2
Happy Father's day to all the dad's out there!
Saturday, Day 2 of the Newport-Bermuda Race was another fantastic sunrise. Karen's omelette casserole was a perfect way to fuel up for an exciting day of challeneges. The rest of the day brought notably sustained winds and excellent speed, helping to re-inforce that our decision to take the Westernly Route but its a long race and the second part from the stream to Bermuda will depend on if our analysis of what the winds will be proves to be correct.. We reached the Gulf Stream ahead of anticpated shcedule and managed to cross this potentially trecherous river through the sea at its narrowest point. The day and evening were full of strategies to maximize our speed. In fact we raised every sail in Cygne's wardrobe, including the genoa staysail , job top, heavy 1, Lt 1, and the 1a,3a,2s spinnakers. The spinnaker peel changes at night were interesting but went well. It was a tiring day, but Erika's ham and bean casserole with scalloped potatoes provided the delicious nourishment we needed for the next phase of our journey.
During the overnight shifts however, temperatures rose and winds dropped. Leaving us, and the few ships we could see sturggling to get moving. Fortunately for us, our timing proved advantageous since our speed over ground was signifcanly more than our speed through water. This is due to the strong current which we hoped to find and did. At several points we dropped all but the main in order to maximize the effects of the current.
Once again, we have been fortunate that spirits run high, despite the many challenges, wind changes, sail changes, and the like. We'll have more to report tomorrow as Sunday has already proved to be an interesting race day. The current is still providing more power than the wind, but we are pushing along trying find the elusive breezes that will carry us to Bermuda.
Thanks for stopping by. Expect another report by tomorrow at noon. And a very Happy Father's Day to the dad's aboard, Ray, Brad, Fred, Dave, Michael and of course all the dad's at home.
Good bye for now.
Cheers,
Joe Romanelli
Rail Meat
Happy Father's day to all the dad's out there!
Saturday, Day 2 of the Newport-Bermuda Race was another fantastic sunrise. Karen's omelette casserole was a perfect way to fuel up for an exciting day of challeneges. The rest of the day brought notably sustained winds and excellent speed, helping to re-inforce that our decision to take the Westernly Route but its a long race and the second part from the stream to Bermuda will depend on if our analysis of what the winds will be proves to be correct.. We reached the Gulf Stream ahead of anticpated shcedule and managed to cross this potentially trecherous river through the sea at its narrowest point. The day and evening were full of strategies to maximize our speed. In fact we raised every sail in Cygne's wardrobe, including the genoa staysail , job top, heavy 1, Lt 1, and the 1a,3a,2s spinnakers. The spinnaker peel changes at night were interesting but went well. It was a tiring day, but Erika's ham and bean casserole with scalloped potatoes provided the delicious nourishment we needed for the next phase of our journey.
During the overnight shifts however, temperatures rose and winds dropped. Leaving us, and the few ships we could see sturggling to get moving. Fortunately for us, our timing proved advantageous since our speed over ground was signifcanly more than our speed through water. This is due to the strong current which we hoped to find and did. At several points we dropped all but the main in order to maximize the effects of the current.
Once again, we have been fortunate that spirits run high, despite the many challenges, wind changes, sail changes, and the like. We'll have more to report tomorrow as Sunday has already proved to be an interesting race day. The current is still providing more power than the wind, but we are pushing along trying find the elusive breezes that will carry us to Bermuda.
Thanks for stopping by. Expect another report by tomorrow at noon. And a very Happy Father's Day to the dad's aboard, Ray, Brad, Fred, Dave, Michael and of course all the dad's at home.
Good bye for now.
Cheers,
Joe Romanelli
Rail Meat
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