Sal’s Ocean Globe Race Analysis: Hello Neptune!

October 2, 2023

The lead pack of 4 including Maiden are now well clear of the Doldrums, after a fairly easy passage through... although I am sure it didn’t feel like it as they sat baking hot on deck with the sails hanging from lack of wind.

Heightened senses and sparkling dolphins…

November 3, 2022

And sure enough, playing around Maiden was a pod of dolphins, glowing as they swam. I learned that night that dolphins like to push around the bioluminescent plankton, which makes for a magical show for sailors at night.

‘The Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky’

One particularly beautiful cluster of stars is The Pleiades, known to many as the seven sisters. The ancient Greeks say that the sisters begged for the help of Zeus after being relentlessly pursued by Orion. Zeus first turned them into pigeons and then into stars.

What a change 24 hours can bring! By Erica Lush

August 18, 2022

#dpworldmaidentour update from Erica! 17 August 2022 41°0.678’N 72°16.942’W Our intended departure was last night at 9 pm, but if we left on schedule we would have sailed right into a low pressure system churning up the waters near Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Our routings were calling for sustained 30 kts, and after speaking with […]

Sag Harbor Arrival – 15th August

August 16, 2022

All 3 bridges we had to pass under had a 40’ clearance from the top of our mast, but each time they looked like we were going to hit. Sometimes you really have to trust facts over instinct!

Sailing to Sag Harbor – August 14th – Erica Lush

August 15, 2022

18:24 local – 22:24 UTC We are past our halfway mark! We spent yesterday sailing in between a high pressure system over the great lakes and a low pressure system off shore, which has left us with a light north westerly gradient wind. The first day consisted of motor sailing with temperatures steadily dropping, causing […]

Maiden arrives in New York – by Tracy Edwards

June 7, 2022

Everyone on every boat and yacht was cheering and it really was quite emotional watching Junella on the wheel bringing Maiden into New York.

Back on Maiden, and what a week! – A blog post by Liz Wardley

May 22, 2022

I had forgotten how graceful Maiden felt ghosting along in calm waters with the spinnaker up!

Day 28 – Maiden Update – Sharon Ferris-Choat

April 26, 2022

26° 06. 522N79°19.936WCOG 248 45nm away from the safe water mark outside Miami’s main channel. Starting to cross the gulf stream for the next 23nm. Current going north, so we are steering 10° south of course to allow for flow.  We might get rainfall this morning – that will help with showers! Last night’s moon was a […]

Day 18 – Maiden Update – Sharon Ferris-Choat

April 16, 2022

Lucy, our nature spotter, saw a turtle and we have clumps of seaweed everywhere hopefully not on the keel and rudder.