Water water everywhere...
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Sat 3 Dec 2011 14:02
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15:43.1N 053:58.9W 2482 miles
covered
We have about four hundred miles to go, which is
just a couple of days more sailing. The grib files are indicating that we
should get in just before a lull in the wind, provided we can keep up our
mileage. We did 213 miles in the last 24 hours which is an average of
almost 9 knots and is gradually moving us up the rankings. The "big
boys", the fastest of the professional racing yachts, have already
finished. We are sitting behind the mid-sized racers and a couple of big
catamarans, all of which are faster on paper than Anastasia, so we will have to
do something creative to make any more gains.
Looking at the gribs, it seems the best of the wind
is going to be to the north, so I think we will try and run along at our current
latitude and the switch to our asymmetric spinnaker and go in
diagonally for the final 100 miles. If we don't gain anything from
the wind we will lose two hours from the extra distance, but I am hoping we gain
four or five hours from the wind.
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