We arrived safety in Bermuda on the 27th of May after a week at sea. Chris and James both had their birthdays at sea, Chris’ being a calm day and, by comparison, James’ birthday was very wet and wild, with winds gusting up to 40 knots. Octopus handled the weather very well and so did ‘George’ the autopilot, so we were able to look out from the salon rather then get soaking wet in the squalls. We had the wind against us for the last two days of the passage and had to sail close-hauled with the engine to help us keep on the wind.
With only three adults onboard, we are doing three hour watches at night and four hours during the day. The children are now watch-keeping for an hour each day, in pairs, and apart from the very bad weather where they retired to the cabins for the day, they have been doing well. Phil has fitted in well and is a natural with the children, who seem to have adopted him.
Yesterday we went on a bus and ferry ride around Bermuda. We stopped at a lovely sandy beach but just paddling in the sea was cold, I’m glad I had my last swim in the lovely warm Caribbean sea, if only the sea around Arran could be as warm, I will miss it and I know the children will. Bermuda seems a pleasant island with lots of very friendly people; it is really a collection of small islands joined together with bridges and causeways. It’s a very flat island dotted with lots of brightly coloured houses and unfortunately few large empty spaces apart from the beaches.
We will be leaving here on Monday or Tuesday and heading for the Azores which will take about two weeks. There we will take on-board our friends Alan and Gaynor and their son Andrew who are joining us for the sail back to the UK.
With only three adults onboard, we are doing three hour watches at night and four hours during the day. The children are now watch-keeping for an hour each day, in pairs, and apart from the very bad weather where they retired to the cabins for the day, they have been doing well. Phil has fitted in well and is a natural with the children, who seem to have adopted him.
Yesterday we went on a bus and ferry ride around Bermuda. We stopped at a lovely sandy beach but just paddling in the sea was cold, I’m glad I had my last swim in the lovely warm Caribbean sea, if only the sea around Arran could be as warm, I will miss it and I know the children will. Bermuda seems a pleasant island with lots of very friendly people; it is really a collection of small islands joined together with bridges and causeways. It’s a very flat island dotted with lots of brightly coloured houses and unfortunately few large empty spaces apart from the beaches.
We will be leaving here on Monday or Tuesday and heading for the Azores which will take about two weeks. There we will take on-board our friends Alan and Gaynor and their son Andrew who are joining us for the sail back to the UK.
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