A blog by nerds afloat
The Burnetts are 24 hours outside of Lagos. This means that 35 tankers and cargo ships are between us and Europe right now. Fortunately, none seem to be coming close to us. Mel hopes their giant engines are clearing away … Read More
So Mel will keep this short. We are mostly motorsailing at this point since the wind is light and more on our nose now. To pass the time on watch, Mel is editing a video of the crossing from Bermuda … Read More
…Fins, actually. Two giant black triangles swam on our beam for a while. Might have been orcas, not sure. Mel will not apologize for the pun. Today is like a “Mother’s Day” kind of day. Just like a great day … Read More
The Burnetts left the Azores yesterday at 11 am Azores time. This trip should only be about 5 days, so hopefully we won’t see any surprise fronts. We better not. No offense, Azores, but Mel is tired of being cold. … Read More
So the Azores are awesome. There is nothing like indulging in beautiful scenery, hot thermal pools, and lots of meat when one survives being trapped in a fiberglass container that’s just plowing through raw, unencumbered nature for ten days or … Read More