I just popped on the www.marinetraffice.com/ais/ and there was Cricket! going 3.9 knots below block island sound about 20 miles!! yippy I can see him on AIS! that is so exciting!
He left nantucket today in the AM and timed the currents just right to go through martha's vineyard by 12:40pm and now he has a south wind (which is good for making a straight line).
Exciting news to see Cricket!
blessings Pam
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Ben is in Nantucket!
Ben and Kurt are good and they are tired!
Well I have to say it sounded a little bit rough for the boys. They took the direct route which was the offshore route that NOAA said was going to be 7-9 foot seas. The first leg was a straight headwind with 10 foot seas. (that was Ben's guess at height) the wind finally turned enough today to get them more on a beam yet the winds were still a strong 30. They were reefed one down and used only the small staysail and they were fighting the weather helm most of the way. He said it was too rough to reef one more.
Both of the guys had sea sickness. I asked Ben if it was just a little. He replied by saying he just muscled through it. He was on the edge most of the time and could not keep food down. poor guy! He tried to eat oatmeal and toast for breakfast and could not even keep that down. he is now in a mooring and I asked if he ate supper yet. He is going to wait until morning. He is super tired after 2 nights and 3 full days of sailing he would just rather sleep.
He loved how the boat did sail great through all the wind and weather. His foul weather gear helped but yet there were times when he was cold but not super cold. His mittens he says were not water proof at all. The temp at night was about 45... brrrr!
tomorrow they will get their stomach and hunger back. they plan on resting and then deciding when the next weather window will be and decide if they want to stay closer to the coast or go further out to sea.
Thanks for all the prayers and love sent to the boys while they were out at sea.
land locked,
Pam
Well I have to say it sounded a little bit rough for the boys. They took the direct route which was the offshore route that NOAA said was going to be 7-9 foot seas. The first leg was a straight headwind with 10 foot seas. (that was Ben's guess at height) the wind finally turned enough today to get them more on a beam yet the winds were still a strong 30. They were reefed one down and used only the small staysail and they were fighting the weather helm most of the way. He said it was too rough to reef one more.
Both of the guys had sea sickness. I asked Ben if it was just a little. He replied by saying he just muscled through it. He was on the edge most of the time and could not keep food down. poor guy! He tried to eat oatmeal and toast for breakfast and could not even keep that down. he is now in a mooring and I asked if he ate supper yet. He is going to wait until morning. He is super tired after 2 nights and 3 full days of sailing he would just rather sleep.
He loved how the boat did sail great through all the wind and weather. His foul weather gear helped but yet there were times when he was cold but not super cold. His mittens he says were not water proof at all. The temp at night was about 45... brrrr!
tomorrow they will get their stomach and hunger back. they plan on resting and then deciding when the next weather window will be and decide if they want to stay closer to the coast or go further out to sea.
Thanks for all the prayers and love sent to the boys while they were out at sea.
land locked,
Pam
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Ben update
I have not heard from them. If they took a direct route they should be in 7-9 foot seas bucking a head wind most of wednesday. thursday after 5 looks good for a West wind. (that is the wind we are looking for) If they took the coastal route they should be in W winds starting this evening. My guess is that they will be to Nantucket by morning? My phone is dead so I hope he got my message to call Jason to get me! peace-out-pam
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Ben update
Hi All,
Ben just left Matinicus Island in ME this morning in the AM. He will be traveling past Cape Cod to Nan Tucket. He has SW winds 10 - 20 gusts to 30 (this will be bucking a head wind). The wind should start moving to W to NW 15 - 20 winds by thursday which will be good for traveling. there is a chance of scattered rain thursday afternoon. seas are estimated to be 2-4 foot. (Unless they go out further then the seas could get up to 8 feet. But I think he will stay closer to shore.? All looks good from NOAA. He is loving his new foul weather gear. I will update you when I hear from him again either thurs - saturday sometime. it is only 167 Nautical Miles. so with perfect winds 27 hours or 2 days if a head wind the whole way. Oh and our electrical is finally fixed! I'll let you know if it is "really" fixed.
thanks for all your prayers for safety and such!
blessings to you all.
Ben just left Matinicus Island in ME this morning in the AM. He will be traveling past Cape Cod to Nan Tucket. He has SW winds 10 - 20 gusts to 30 (this will be bucking a head wind). The wind should start moving to W to NW 15 - 20 winds by thursday which will be good for traveling. there is a chance of scattered rain thursday afternoon. seas are estimated to be 2-4 foot. (Unless they go out further then the seas could get up to 8 feet. But I think he will stay closer to shore.? All looks good from NOAA. He is loving his new foul weather gear. I will update you when I hear from him again either thurs - saturday sometime. it is only 167 Nautical Miles. so with perfect winds 27 hours or 2 days if a head wind the whole way. Oh and our electrical is finally fixed! I'll let you know if it is "really" fixed.
thanks for all your prayers for safety and such!
blessings to you all.
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