We made it to Newport a week ago and were greeted at a slip by Robert Patenaude, the ever-effervescent Canadian, and his crewman. It would be a day later before the four remaining boats in our class still racing finally sailed into port. (Read More…)
Farewell. What’s next?
July 2nd, 2009
The purpose of life
June 26th, 2009
When we were visited by a pod of dolphins, with the sails fore and aft sliding motionless through the air as Robin was propelled by her diesel engine, we were shown, I believe, the purpose of life. (Read More…)
60 miles to go
June 25th, 2009
Morning broke in monotone, a smooth, gray sky pressing down on a calm gray sea, weighty as a cast iron lid. The lid was cocked. It let leak in the first thin color of day, a band of yellow on the eastern horizon. (Read More…)
Relief, not grief
June 24th, 2009
The forestay, stretched tight from mast to deck, flashed across the starry night sky as Robin bucked over the modest waves, a fiddler’s bow searching for notes in the heavens. (Read More…)
They gave it their best shot
June 23rd, 2009
Due to equipment failures and problems with the autopilot and windvane, Doug and Monica have decided to start the “iron genoa” and retire from the Bermuda 1-2.
They’ll file an update when they reach Newport. If we have anything to report in the meantime, we’ll post it here.
— the shore crew
Technical difficulties
June 23rd, 2009
The computer aboard Robin has developed a problem that, unfortunately, cannot be remedied while Doug and Monica are at sea. We will continue to post blogs that Doug dictates over the sat phone, but they will be with less frequency.
— the shore crew
11 a.m. and 290 miles to Newport
June 23rd, 2009
This voyage has come down to just getting there, at some speed. (Read More…)
Things that go bang in the night
June 22nd, 2009
I don’t want to steal any of Robert Patenaude’s thunder in the true tall tales department, but I’ll report the events of last night and let you decide the veracity of this account. (Read More…)
Hove-to again, waiting for weather
June 22nd, 2009
If it appears on iBoatTrack.com that Robin is going backward at about 3 knots, don’t be shocked. (Read More…)
Hove-to and doing OK
June 21st, 2009
Just a quick note at 11 a.m. Sunday, because it’s pretty lumpy here 90 miles south of the Gulf Stream, and occasional buckets of seawater are dropping on top of Robin, and a stray one could get into the cabin and kill the laptop on the chart table. (Read More…)
