Dan Andersson

Breakages and having a chat with God. Day 12, 92 miles Terrific morning sail, beam reach, top speed 9.1 knots, maintaining 7. I am thinking record day run. And then, Groundhog Day, it all goes away. Whales, ships, squalls. But get to my waypoint and do the turn to East.  Now I sail the 40N all the way to Horta.  921 miles to go. Best life.  Too awesome for chance. God is out here. And he called me out here. It sounds a bit mad to say it but, being truthful, it's what I feel. I am here to...

Epic gentle seas. Day 8, 70 miles. Brisk sailing,  rain squalls,  becalmed,  took the sails down and drifted faster towards my goal!  Got some good work done on sails when they were down.  It's beautiful out here.  Becalmed!  I asked Sam about the overall weather situation. He described it in his own words like this: "Imagine a massive pit of no wind in between Bermuda and the Azores.” That's about right.  In six hours I have drifted forward10.9 miles. Multiplied by four, that's a 44 mile...

Finally.  I am off to actually cross the Atlantic. My pit stop in Bermuda has been useful. For one, I got the critical repairs done and...