Entries by Kristine

ARC 2011 – Atlantic crossing for Grateful Red

The crossing team –Jack, Curtis, Mark  and I – arrived Las Palmas on Thursday with  the rally start scheduled for Sunday at two.  Our greeting party was Paul the ever present instrument guru who the last person off the Grateful Red leaving Charleston for Europe.  Always instrument issues but the good news …….. Pat the […]

Safi to Gran Canaries

Thursday morning we set up for downwind sailing utilizing the wing-on-wing technique with the whisper pole.  Set out Aqua generator (aqua boy), and averaged 6-7kts in our 10-15kt winds. Sailed into the next night with a single-reef, and furled jib. Plenty of time for reading. It seems that every off-shore, and overnight we had birds […]