Happy Halloween!

0800 – Wearily rolled out of bed. I was sick all day yesterday and the night before, it seems Madagascar had one final test for my belly and I lost….. 36 hours in bed leaves me feeling dazed, confused, and sore from so much time in bed. View More

0500- Awoke with the sunrise but decided to stay in bed a little longer. Watch doesn’t start until 0600.

0600- Roll out of bed and greet Mr. Brady and the helm. Him and Jens are still splitting up Uli’s shift until he feels better. View More

0400- Alarm goes off. It’s O’ Dark Thirty and time for watch! I relieve Uli at the helm and all is well except the wind died a few hours ago as predicted. We are now directly on course but motoring along making 4.5-5 knots. View More

0800- I didn’t have watch until 1000 so Woke up a little confused this morning without the alarm. I thought it was super early but turned out I had slept until 830! View More

0500- I awake feeling refreshed and excited. Even though I’ve really only had a few hours of sleep – it doesn’t matter. I know within a few hours we’ll be at Bassas Da India! View More

0800- The wind filled in last night during watch and we have been sailing since. Not going fast but the motion of Delos is very comfortable. I open the head window on our port side and stare out at the ocean as I use the toilet. View More

0630- Awake to blue skies and the drone of Delos engine. I stare out the hatch for a while wondering where could all the wind have possibly gone? In just a few days it will be 40 knots here but now nothing when we need it the most. View More

0400- Wake up to dark skies and light breeze. We have sailed for a good part of the night which is nice. Surprisingly I’m not very tired even though I stayed up last night to watch a very weird movie called “Cell” with John Cusack. View More

0300- The wind has changed again, I can feel it from my bunk and it wakes me up. The motion of the boat becomes jerky and irregular. I’m trying to think back on another passage where the wind has been so temperamental. View More

0300- Another wind shift wakes me.  The wind goes slack and seems to be toying with us.  Never content long enough to make much progress.  Delos slams around uncomfortably until Brady starts the engine and we make a little forward progress.  Yuck, it’s gonna be another one of those days. View More

0430- The alarm goes off and I find myself feeling pretty alert even though I didn’t get as much sleep as I had hoped.  Tucker and Victoria lured us over to Convivia last night with the promise of rum and conversation. View More

00:00 I’m pretty sure my head just hit the pillow, and yet here is Brady telling me it’s time for watch. Apparently I forgot to set my alarm. My bad bro! My head is fuzzy after only about 4 hours of sleep but it’s just enough. View More

Day 3

00:00- The wind is starting to come out of the south now. It’s nice and light, about 10 knots so perfect conditions really. I cut the engine off and unfurl the genoa. Delos is now cruising along at about 7 knots and perfectly happy. View More

08:00-  What a nice feeling it is to sleep the whole night!  Nothing like a solid 9 hours ?  I peek my head out the aft hatch and find a cold, rainy, grey morning.  View More

09:00 It’s 260 NM from Mossel Bay to Cape Town.  The forecast is very light over the next two days and we decide to go for it.  Better to have it light then against us.   View More