The ever changing Atlantic weather

There are so many things happening here every day on the boat, I wish I could clone myself so I could update this blog every hour or at least once every day. Unfortunately it’s not that easy from a sailboat in the middle of Atlantic. Beside the facts that we all have to work around the clock to get this boat moving, and that we lose our satellite connection while sending our photos and videos and still get charged an arm and a leg for each attempt, we also have to deal with the boat constantly moving and bouncing. I find it amazing how quickly we adapt to such conditions.

On the other hand, sailing the open seas in 30 knot winds is hard to describe with words. It is exhilarating, daring, fulfilling on so many levels and plain crazy. It is amazing to see a 45-ton boat bend like a tiny branch at the force of these winds, as well as to watch this mighty piece of equipment handle this kind of weather like it’s nothing.

The Atlantic Ocean appears to be almost never calm, even on a perfect day. We have seen the weather conditions change so quickly that is almost unbelievable. It can go from calm, perfect and sunny to a 30-knot windstorm in a matter of hours or less. Trawling is just simply not safe at those conditions.