Archive for February 2022

Contribution from crew member Dwight Leeper: Today is our last day at sea. It has been two weeks, three days without sight of land and having seen only two other vessels. We are excited to be sure. But we have already grown nostalgic and why, is anyone’s guess. There have been hardships and difficulties, rough…

Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022 Latitude 14o 38’ N Longitude 57o 30’ W 200 nm to St Lucia At some point last week, when the winds were gale force and the waves slamming the boat from side to side, crew member Dwight Leeper, who’d never been on a small boat in the open ocean before, observed…

Saturday, Feb 19, 2022 Current Position: Latitude 15o 05’ N Longitude 51o 05’ W 579 to St Lucia Counting the miles We how have less than 600 miles to go to St. Lucia. Even at a respectable speed of five knots that means at least five more days of rocking and rolling. While that’s much…

Tuesday, Feb 15, 2022 Currently Position: Latitude 16o 13’ N Longitude 42o 57’ W 1044 to St Lucia (Halfway!) A Cork on the Ocean Our first evening out of Cabo Verde we were treated to a frenetic display of dolphins dancing across the surface of the water as far as we could see. A few…

Friday, Feb 11, 2022 Currently Position: Latitude 16o 50’ N Longitude 32o 53’ W Retrospective Mindelo Marina, Cabo Verde Joseph In what now seems long ago, the current crew rendezvoused in the Canary Island at the end of January, with St. Lucia as our destination, approximately 2800 miles to the southwest. Looking at a map…

Monday, Feb 7, 2022 Latitude 16o 53’ N Longitude 25o 00’ W Cabo Verde Archipelago Back at Sea Denise Munger stepped off the boat yesterday morning at 5 am to catch a flight back to the US. This morning, the four of us who remained walked over to the Marine Police around 8 am to…

Friday, Feb 4, 2022 Latitude 16o 53’ N Longitude 25o 00’ W Mindelo Marina, Cabo Verde Mindelo Marina The harbor of Mindelo Cabo Verde and neighboring city is more developed than expected, with large ships anchored offshore, a marina with 144 spots, and multistory buildings. Mindelo Harbor, Cabo Verde. The developed nature of the port…

Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022 Latitude 16o 53’ N Longitude 25o 00’ W Mindelo Marina, Cabo Verde Arrival in Cabo Verde Tuesday morning at 3 AM we were sixty miles from our planned landfall in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, sailing at slightly over four knots. Four knots would normally be very satisfactory but the math was not…

Friday, Jan 28, 2022  Latitude 22o  26’ N Longitude 21o  08’ W Halfway to Cabo Verdes Underway The night sky is bright with stars not usually visible. Orion shines brighter than ever, yet ironically is more difficult to distinguish due to unfamiliar stars intruding about his belt and shoulders. Brimmer is on watch, and I’ve…

Friday, Jan 21, 2022 (Late Entry) Latitude 28o 30’ N Longitude 16o 12’ W Santa Cruz Marina , Tenerife The Mid-Atlantic Crew From my perspective, I’ve been nothing but fortunate in the blue-water crews that have sailed on board the Lillian B. over the past 20 years. The caveat “from my perspective” is because I…