HALF WAY

ALICE'S ADVENTURES
ANDREW AND CELIA SHARPE
Fri 3 Dec 2010 12:04
Following our rainwater showers yesterday the wind settled down and we had a slow sail.  By nightfall the wind had eased and we motored for part of the night.  At 1.00 the rain started again and lasted for 2 hours.  The wind was only 3-5 knots for the first hour or two but then built up until we had a 25-30 knot southwesterly.  We have covered 28 miles in the last 3 hours - great going.  Still 1460 miles to go.
Unfortunately the generator stopped working again last night.  We had been doing most charging off the engine.  No smell of burning this time so we will wait until we get in to see what the problem is.  Fingers crossed there wont be too much damage this time.
A little bird landed in the cabin last night in the middle of a rainstorm - right on Andrew's head.   He gave it some bread, put it in the cockpit and after a little while it flew away.  I have asked 4ES to look up what sort of bird it is for us.  It was the size of a thrush, black with a hooked beak and webbed feet.
We were at our half way point yesterday afternoon.  1580 miles on the log, 1570 still to go at that time.  We celebrated with chocolate!!  Alcohol is waiting until St Lucia.
ALICE