SAILING YACHT PERSEPHONE

I’m not going to say we’re “Stuck” in Bermuda, because this is a beautiful place to be – but we are still here, waiting on a good weather window to make our way back north. St. George’s harbour has a very transient feeling: everyone here has arrived from somewhere in the Caribbean or Bahamas, and

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We arrived in Bermuda on May 16 after a slow night where we were never quite able to sail. Tom pointed out that we hadn’t actually steered the boat ourselves since leaving Antigua, and grabbed the wheel for the last few miles. It was exciting to see Bermuda, first as a few specs on the

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We continued to switch between motoring and sailing as the wind went up and down around big storm clouds. As we get closer to Bermuda we are aware of being on somewhat of a highway of yachts moving north. We can generally only see them when they are within 5 miles, and pick them up

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The weather has tormented us over the past 24 hours! Huge squalls appeared in the distance but never quite reached us. The wind built to a whopping 10 knots, so we hoisted sails, only to have it drop below 5 again almost immediately. We’ve spent much of the last day changing between sailing and motoring

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In late afternoon on the 12th we hoisted the sails, and of course immediately caught a fish – in this case a nice tuna. Props to Tom for reeling it in, Jeremy for gutting it and preparing it, and Katie for finding everything! After a delicious meal of fresh ceviche, we got into night time

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Amazing how different our passage north is from the passage south! The wind has turned light, and with a fully-functioning autopilot there isn’t a great deal to do. In the afternoon we were able to hoist our Code Zero sail, and powered along at 6.3 knots in only 8 knots of breeze. To avoid complications

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