As you look at the track of this trip don't be fooled. Looks straight and simple. It was. Except for the final three hours. As we approached Bermuda, the winds picked up from the 20 to 25 knots we had seen all day to 30 then 40 knots as we made our turn around the northern tip of the islands and tried to head south to the cut into St. Georges Harbor. The winds were coming from the south west across the island blowing us off as we tried to turn toward land. We discovered to our chagrin that the port engine was fouled with  the tail end of a jack line that went overboard. Without it we could not make headway turning into the wind.

We were hailed by Bermuda Island Radio which monitors traffic in and our of the island. They had us on their approach radar and offered us advice and would check with us every few minutes. It was reassuring to hear that voice on the radio calmly encouraging us as we tacked over and over again . You can tell from our track that we had a wild and wooly time. It will be along time before we forget our arrival to Bermuda.

These charts can be enlarged by clicking on the picture.

   The blue line is how we intended to go and the orange is our actual track.

Check back for chapter two and three on our arrival into Bermuda.