To motor or not?
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Tue 6 Dec 2011 09:47
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14:19.3N 60:31.5W 2880 miles covered, 34
miles to go
Here we are, only 34 miles away from St Lucia,
becalmed. We are moving at 2 knots which give us 17 hours left to
go. Or we could turn on the engines and do it in three hours. 17
hours would make it 8:30PM St Lucia time.
Our decision so far has been to leave the
motor off and sail the complete course. Most other boats are motoring in
which means that we are conceding arrival places (we would have been
about 30th across the finish line had we motored in), but we will have the
satisfaction of not motoring. However, this decision is annoying Bertie
who can smell the cocktails and just wants to get there. I don't think
anyone will be happy if we do not arrive this evening, so it may be we still
have to motor in the end.
Andrea is using her psychic powers to direct any
squalls in our direction, because they give us a much needed
boost. So far we have only had one, but that was apparently one of
hers. Anyway, at least she is no longer talking to the oven
gloves.
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