A blog by nerds afloat
Spring is in the air. The water temp has risen from 66 to 77, and Mel is finally in short sleeves. We even have some birds to watch and can appreciate Colombus’s excitement when he first saw such land-based, edible, … Read More
So last night the Burnetts crossed the “hump” where they are now closer to Barbados than Cape Verde. They also now have less than 1000 miles to go. Hooray! This also means we are smack dab in the middle of … Read More
The wind has died and the Burnetts are scooting along on their starboard engine at 2600 rpm due to the demands of keeping the load at 60% during the break-in period. Motoring isn’t ideal, but everyone is appreciating the hot … Read More
The Burnetts are excited! Last night they reached their estimated halfway point in terms of miles, with now less than 1400 nautical miles to go. Allie opened a gift given to her by a friend before we left for the … Read More
It is getting hard for Mel to come up with something interesting for the blog posts these days. Aside from some minor toilet and hydrogenerator issues, this crossing has not had much drama. This is good. Mel looked back at … Read More