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Transatlantic New York, Halifax, Nova Scotia,LaRochelle France
During July 2008 I was asked to deliver a 44' Catamaran from Catskill, NY to LaRochelle, France. My crew consists of the two owners Arnie and Sally and my first mate Yaara. I was very excited about this opportunity and happily accepted the challenge. We were a little late in the season and had to go north to find the best wind. We began the trip on the Hudson River, went through New York and then to Halifax. We spent a couple days in Halifax and then set out to go near Newfoundland and northeast around 45-47N latitude. We encountered a lot of fog for about 7 days and nights out of Nova Scotia & the evenings were chilly. I was glad we had an excellent radar system. We had good wind even during this thick fog with visibility of only a few hundred yards. About a week out of Halifax we had a little rough weather for a day and then it settled back down to the normal 15-20 knots on a broad reach, perfect conditions for this cat. However, Mother Nature was not quite finished with us and we realized another storm was on it's way. We decided to head more SE to avoid as much as possible of the storm. On day one as the storm was gathering power we had a major breakdown of the steering system. This caused us to rig the emergency tiller and head 450 miles off course for the Azores. The storm continued a couple days but was not real bad, we made it and the boat and crew handled everything very well. We were able to make repairs in the Azores and then proceed to LaRochelle, France. The trip took about 4 weeks. The company helped us to fix the steering system and the problem has been resolved in all models. This boat was built in Canada by the previous company and not in South America by the current builder. My crew quickly learned to handle this excellent catamaran and we really had a super trip. I look forward to doing many more trips on these catamarans. They move well in as little as 8 knots of wind & handle heavy seas extremely well.
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| Capt Pete & Yaara, I was very fortunate to find this excellent sailor & cook | Arnie & Sally learned very quickly, now cruising the Mediteranean | |||||
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| One of many lighthouses on the Beautiful Hudson River West Point Academy, Hudson River | ||||||
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| Reproduction of Early American Settlers I think built in Maine last year. | New York City, the Chrysler Building and many others | |||||
Between Yaara and Sally we at GREAT even in BAD Weather The North Atlantic can get COLD and DAMP in JULY/AUGUST
Pete and Arnie the Uniform of the DAY/WEEK Porpoise on the BOW, a GOOD LUCK SIGN
Beautiful Sunsets, One of the Many Reasons I Continue to GO TO SEA Using the EMERGENCY TILLER, find it know how to use it, pray you do not need it
Horta, Azores what a welcome sight in the middle of the ATLANTIC SALARN, very comfortable, roomy,easy to sail, great layout, fast cruising, stable Sally, Arnie, Yaara and Pete leave their Mark on Horta for all to see. Artwork covers the walls, docks, etc in Horta, Azores celebrating the journey
This is the Off season in the Azores, truly beautiful islands Single-Handed Race Boat The Race will be NON-STOP AROUND THE WORLD
This Volcanic Mountain is over 7,200' above sea level, incredible The Azores are very green, they grow many crops, sheep, terraced hills
The Last Leg to France, Sun is Shining, Wind is OK, EVERYTHING IS RIGHT HOT DOGS on the BARBIE YEE HAH!!!
We did not have many sunsets on this trip for some reason LaRochelle, France at last, nearly 4,000 miles with the detour
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