Éowyn
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Old English / Norse, - probably from éo 'horse' and wyn
'joy'
Last updates - "Links"
August 2011
Cruising Blog 2005/10 will be updated weekly when we are cruising
including our World ARC Diary
"Twenty years
from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your
sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. " Mark Twain
Éowyn
is a 2004 Hallberg Rassy 40 specifically set up for Ocean sailing.
As well as modern electronics and communications, she carries
more traditional Bluewater equipment such as windvane self steering,
sextant & tables, etc. She carries a full suit of 6 sails.
For a full description of Éowyn's equipment click here Éowyn has been based in the the
Caribbean since crossing the Atlantic in 2004.
Downwind
Asymmetric
In 20010/11 Eowyn successfully completed a circumnavigation with
the World ARC. Full details are found in the link above which
will take you to my Mailasail blog.
The
World ARC Crew
Graham Payne
Mike Birch
We have
2 core crew who hope to sail the whole voyage, Graham Payne and
Mike Birch. John Chesbrough, Andrei Buttu and Bob Glassman will
crew each for about 6,000 miles to give us 3 on the longer legs.