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1000knights
Sat 28 Aug 2010 10:12
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Day 9
Simon and Mark joined us on eve Thurs Day 8. At
long last the weather forecasts are loking like we can leave Falmouth. At 9:35
on Fri day 9 we leave the diesel pontoon and 10:15 sees us passing Black
Rock at the entry to Falmouth. We headed south, like you do, and waited to
see where the wind would take us. We had north easterlies then northerlies
backing to north westerly around force 5. 24 hrs later we've crossed the
channel and made fast passage to the west of the shipping lane and reached
a point level with Raz de Seine (south of Brest) a distance of around
150nm. With a bit of luck mailasail will pick up our subject and post
our position at 09:00 Sat day 10.
Dolphins have bee out to greet us and mark claimed
sighting of a great white shark. The skipper is not fooled, didn't believe
him and doled out the wally hat (the rest are safe for 24 hrs). We've
just enjoyed scrambled egg and tomato using eggs laid by simon's chickens.
During the night Fi's delicious flapjacks and fruit cake also found very
appreciative customers.
We are now heading for Spain under motor sail at
around 7knots in calm seas, under a magnificent blue sky and a warming sun and
hoping for F3/4 later. Absolutely delightful after a night when those not
on watch were best advised to wedge themselves tight into whatever sleeping
quarters they were using or risk being catapaulted towards something sharp and
hard.
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