Life Lessons from Solo Sailing
In 2005, Ellen MacArthur set a new world record for non-stop solo sailing around the world. What did she learn? A whole lot.
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In 2005, Ellen MacArthur set a new world record for non-stop solo sailing around the world. What did she learn? A whole lot.
Longtime sailor and founder of Ocean Research Project, Matt Rutherford, is sailing to Greenland, with the help of several organizations to research our oceans.
I noticed a ship heading our way- CPA under1.5 ml in 45 mins… that’s too close in my book!
The autopilot rudder bar display disappeared again – while in ‘Standby’ and under windsteering….grrr!!
On going up on deck to keep an eye out for the ship, I was kept entertained for a good half hour by a brown booby trying to land in our rigging to roost overnight – darkness was just falling.
In an emergency safety stop during her around-the-world voyage, Jeanne Socrates installs a new liferaft on Nereida.
After taking a look at the rudder reference unit in the autopilot system, we stayed on that for a time to see how it coped – and if any error messages came up…
After lowering the pole to the deck, I happened to have a look at the pin which had given a problem the other day – that was fine, but I then noticed that another big pin, holding the pole end to the mast car attachment, was nearly out of its hole! A circlip holding the end in place was missing and there was nothing to stop the pin from falling out – which it was clearly well on its way to doing …!!
After several overnight bands of squally rainclouds, with light winds in between, we’ve finally settled into a nice, sunny day with some white clouds around and fairly consistent good wind from the north.
In 2005, Ellen MacArthur set a new world record for non-stop solo sailing around the world. What did she learn? A whole lot.
Longtime sailor and founder of Ocean Research Project, Matt Rutherford, is sailing to Greenland, with the help of several organizations to research our oceans.
I noticed a ship heading our way- CPA under1.5 ml in 45 mins… that’s too close in my book!
The autopilot rudder bar display disappeared again – while in ‘Standby’ and under windsteering….grrr!!
On going up on deck to keep an eye out for the ship, I was kept entertained for a good half hour by a brown booby trying to land in our rigging to roost overnight – darkness was just falling.
In an emergency safety stop during her around-the-world voyage, Jeanne Socrates installs a new liferaft on Nereida.
After taking a look at the rudder reference unit in the autopilot system, we stayed on that for a time to see how it coped – and if any error messages came up…
After lowering the pole to the deck, I happened to have a look at the pin which had given a problem the other day – that was fine, but I then noticed that another big pin, holding the pole end to the mast car attachment, was nearly out of its hole! A circlip holding the end in place was missing and there was nothing to stop the pin from falling out – which it was clearly well on its way to doing …!!
After several overnight bands of squally rainclouds, with light winds in between, we’ve finally settled into a nice, sunny day with some white clouds around and fairly consistent good wind from the north.
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