LIFE: Part 2

Archive for the ‘Sailing’ Category

The wind has now turned against us again. Variable from 8 to 18 kts but always right on the nose. Making very slow progress- did under 60 miles in the last 24 hours as we don’t do well sailing upwind. Calms forecast for the next couple of days, which means we can motor straight there and do a bit better speed. Maybe miles in a day. Then the wind should turn with us, but stay light. ETA in Flores is now Tuesday or Wednesday I think. Saw some dolphins again today. Still not caught a fish though! Getting in lots of chess, cards and movies. Weather is mostly sunny.

We have had a couple of days of high  speed close  reaching, breaking our previous record by making 185 miles in 24 hours. Then we had 5 hours of total calm and drizzle. Then the wind filled in again from the  south and today the sun came out again. Now we are doing a steady 5  knots. Meanwhile we broke and repaired our  mainsheet traveler block. Less than 400 miles to go now. Sun is  out, sea is fairly calm, all is well. Except the wind is  forecast to  drop to zero again in a couple of days. So who knows when we will get  there. Thursday, May 26, 2011, 04:00 GMT – 39 deg 10 min N, 040 deg 11 min W