Entries by Paul Cayard

Heading North!

Position: 56,3.22S , 67,6.61W Speed: 25 knots, Course: 56 deg. Ten happy Pirates heading north! More later. PC Pirates of the Caribbean

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Magnificent Day Rounding the Horn

Teen Happy Pirates heading north but parked. We round Cape Horn in 33 knots of wind and now just 47 miles east we have 5 knots of wind and a huge sea . Very strange turn of events but I remember parking here 4 years ago with Dalton on AMER Sports. Eventually the wind fills […]

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Pirate Update March 1, 2006

Position: 57,18.43S , 74,29.29W Speed: 25 knots, Course: 83 deg. 247 miles out west of Cape Horn. 9:40 to go at present speed and a bit more wind ahead. We are reaching in with the blast reacher, genoa staysail and one reef in the main. It is dark, no moon, but it will only be […]

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Straight Forward 24 Hours

Position: 56,47.66S , 94,41.67W Speed: 23 knots, Course: 87 deg. Another pretty straight forward 24 hours. The wind has been between 20 and 22 knots for that past 24 hours and hasn’t deviated in direction more than 7 degrees over that period. We are riding along in the same location on the front because we […]

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Much Tamer Conditions

Position: 55,51.18S , 112,21.65W Speed: 20 knots, Course: 94 deg. Got past 122W trying not to think about all the good things I miss from my home town area in Marin County, CA. The list of most missed things other than family would be; DeAngelo’s, Woodlands Market, and Kentfield Fitness. I miss my runs with […]

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We can Focus on the Corn Now

Position: 51,20.76S , 125,56.92W Speed: 19 knots, Course: 121 deg. Long Day today with plenty of decisions to be made. So far so good. We are finally done with the northern loop and we can focus on the Corn now. Movistar ended up beating us to the “bouy” by about 5 boat lengths. It was […]

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Tonight is one of those Nights

Position: 48,14.86S , 135,49.96W Speed: 20 knots, Course: 88 deg. This one is going to be hard to write. We are slamming pretty violently on a 100 true wind angle reach, even though we are only going about 20 knots. I was pleased with the way we sailed the past 48 hours, our positioning mainly, […]

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Heading North in the Southern Ocean

Position: 49,55.78S , 145,1.97W Speed: 12 knots, Course: 12 deg. This is the first time I can remember heading North in the Southern Ocean. North is just not a normal heading out here. East is the heading you want or Southeast. Well, we are heading North and not for just a little while; 24 hours […]

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Easy and Uneventful Day

Position: 52,18.46S , 148,17.81W Speed: 13 knots, Course: 71 deg. Another easy and uneventful day on the Black Pearl. The wind lightened up quite a bit as we have come north to cross the high pressure ridge and deal with what is left of a tropical depression. It is just a big mess up here, […]

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So Far, So Good

Position: 53,50.91S , 155,8.83W Speed: 19 knots, Course: 78 deg. So far so good. The South is paying us back for our investment. The boats in the North are very light. They must be hoping to pop out of the ridge first and get the new Northwesterly’s in front of the next cold front. Our […]

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