We’ve been underway for just over 2 days now (49.5 hours) and making great progress having covered 446.4 nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1.15 statute miles) of the 924 NM to Bermuda. Averaging over 9 knots, this boat moves!! Steady wind on the beam.
Sailing Vessel Bequia, as she is known, is a 90 ft, custom yawl built by Brooklin Boatyard in Maine in 2009. You can check out a virtual tour of the boat by Googling “Bequia Yawl Brooklin Maine” which should give you any number of links including a below decks photo tour.
It is a true pleasure and honor to be sailing aboard such a beautiful sailboat. She glides effortlessly through the waves and chop chewing up the miles like a thoroughbred. This is not to say however that she doesn’t buck over some of the larger swell we encountered on departure.
I spent the initial 24 hours feeling somewhat nauseous culminating in feeding the fish the following morning, after which I felt a whole lot better. Appetite has returned!
One of our crew has a “SPOT” personal locator lashed to the lifelines and website where you can track our progress real time at www.threepointfix.com Check it out to see where we are at today.
Fabulous night skies with the North Star dead ahead, Orion to the west, The Southern Cross trailing us and accompanied by the crescent moon and Venus on the morning horizon to the east. Truly spectacular!
We’ve set a line in hopes of sashimi for lunch or dinner today. Trolling for Mahi Mahi (Dolphin Fish – stunningly beautiful), tuna, or Wahoo. Yum yum!!
Stay tuned!
Seafarer JD Paine
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