By Captain John During long trips spanning multiple days at sea the boat has to be manned 24 hours a day. The crew take shifts in the pilothouse on “watch.” While...

“Second class don’t turn me on at all…” These are the words from a popular country song by Loretta Lynn, released in 1979. I am going to use these words to express...

We just crossed 1000 Nautical miles this morning. The boat has performed perfectly. We are smack in the middle of the Columbia Basin portion of the Caribbean Sea. This position places...

At 12:00 midnight of day 4of our trip, after 84 hours since our departure, we are out of the Bahamas, through the Windward Passage and have safely skirted around the Island of...

An expedition yacht like “Warbird” was built for long range open ocean cruising. With full fuel tanks we can cruise thousands of miles without refueling. That doesn’t mean we don’t try...

At 0130 while traveling the North Atlantic, on our way to the Windward Passage, cargo vessel “Palmela” showed herself on radar at 16 nautical miles. She was on a dead head...

We recently installed a new Furuno 3D depth sounder. Today we were able to see the new technology working at it’s best!

The sun has set on the second day of our trip. The winds have eased out of the southeast and the ocean is calm. There is very little moonlight, revealing only...