7th Sept - towards Gibraltar
Alize
Mike Somerville
Sun 9 Sep 2012 16:24
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36:22.190N 004:04.117W
Cartegena to Gib -
7th Sept afternoon. With Barbara's help we have just hoisted our smart new
Parasailor for the first time - what a great sail. It setSets superbly with its
unusual foil section (we will write about this seperately).
After about an hour the wind has fallen away so we look forward to playing
with it another day!
   night of 7/8th Sept: Clear skies, calm water,
gently cruising west to Gibraltar under motor guided by the autopilot on 220
degrees, and with occasional checks on the 'Plough' to check that the autopilot
has not decided to drive in circles, as it did once the previous day. The skies
are clear. The water is in parts phosphorescent (bioluminescent plankton - Tim -
Ed) and at 11pm the dolphins join us. For hours we enjoy their company and
occasional athletic leaps. They seem to enjoy our bow wave, and the freeride
most.
(PS blog readers, many of you will read our blog
and trust its accuracy, but errors ocassionally creep in and we are grateful
to the enquiring mind of one blg reader, Alan Armstrong, who kindly
pointed out that our reference to the Dover straits might have been a bit off
beam, as the associated picture looks remarkable like Gibraltar. We apologize
for this error and failure in our quality control, a correction may be
posted as soon as possible). |