Now that we've moved out of construction and we're underway I decided
it was time to reorganize the site. There are lots of new photos in
the "Where we've been" section. Please don't hesitate to let me know
if I've also broken something in the process.

We came through the cut into St. George about 6:30am Bermuda time.
We're waiting for customs and then we'll move to Hamilton for the next
couple of weeks. The showers feel great!

Today has been a really nice day of sailing. Early in the morning we
had some squalls and rain which washed away some of the heavy coating
of salt we acquired two nights ago. Since then we've had 10-20 knots
of true wind roughly on the beam. The seas are down and everyone is
up and around, feeling great.

JB set the speed record today at 11.2 while being serenaded by Jerry
Garcia, I was second with 11.1. We cranked off a steady 9-10 knots
for about 7 hours, but now we're down to a more leisurely 7.5-8.5.

We've got 90 miles to Bermuda and should arrive in the early hours of
Tuesday. Fay is fixing haddock for dinner!

We reached the Gulf Stream last night and the water jumped up to 73
degrees. At the same time a cold front met the GS and gave us a wild
ride. We had 30-40 knots of true wind just off our starboard bow all
night in very confused seas. This morning is backed down to 20-30
knots and about 20 knots now. The seas are still very confused,
making for a bouncy, lumpy ride, poor sleep and unsettled tummies.
But the sun is out and the air is warm.

The breeze is expected to taper off over the next 24 hours so we
expect to arrive in Bermuda early Tuesday morning.

A bumpy night, motoring into sloppy seas, unhappy tummies all the way
around. The wind came around about 4am and we started sailing which
settled things down considerably. At noon today we have 9-10 knots,
pretty much on the nose, but the water temp is up to 67 and the sun is
out. We're cutting the corner a little on the route to cross the gulf
stream. Expecting lots of wind tonight, a little less tomorrow, then
lighter as we approach Bermuda.

Visibility about a mile, overcast, grey, light wind from astern.
We're motoring along into a sloppy SE sea so it's noisy and bumpy.
Fay has a nice pasta dinner for tonight and Justin brought baguettes
from the Atlantic Bakery in Rockland! ** First sent at 5pm on Friday
night.

The weather window is open so we're departing later today for
Bermuda. We're joined by JB and Justin from Lyman Morse and should be
in Bermuda by Tuesday or Wednesday. We're looking forward to the
warmer weather!

Rainy today as a low is moving up the coast. After almost four weeks
in Newport we're planning to depart for Bermuda tomorrow, right behind
the low. We should to be in Bermuda by Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday
if we're delayed. The tanks are topped, the freezer is full and we're
looking forward to some warmer weather.

I updated the Specification (under Design) with the "final"
specification. It's probably 98% accurate and now we're out of the
building process so I doubt it will be further revised.

We're waiting for a weather window to depart for Bermuda, hopefully on
Friday.

We're still in Newport. We can't leave before next Wednesday and the way the weather is developing it's probably more like Thursday or Friday. But we're using our time to prepare, organize the boat, repair/break/repair a few things and generally get caught up on our sleep.

Just before we departed Maine, Ben Ellison, who writes Panbo, a widely read marine electronics blog name, gave us Spot. See Where's New Morning to see how we're using it.