Aquila

Date: 23 May 2008 16:07:27

Title: WEATHER HOLDING

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33:52.95N 68:36.19W

Things are going well on board - the wind that we encountered yesterday stayed with us through the night and we covered 124 NM in 23 hours. A few jibes were required as it went more astern but our speed has been maintained. The skipper has started having a go with his sextant just in case our GPS goes US.

We sailed through a flotilla of Portugese Man O'War jellyfish this morning; at first sight they look as though they are plastic bags, but closer inspection revealed what they really were. Daddy and Pippa were also fortunate enough to see a whale jumping at a range of about 2 miles from the starboard bow; two very big splashes and great to see.

Jellyfish...

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2008
- Jun 2008
  - Fri 27 Jun
    - OUR FINAL DESTINATION
  - Wed 25 Jun
    - ONE MORE DAY TO GO
  - Tue 24 Jun
    - ALONGSIDE AT LAST
  - Mon 23 Jun
    - SO NEAR YET SO FAR
  - Sun 22 Jun
    - THE LAST OF THE BACON AND EGGS
  - Sat 21 Jun
    - Fw: THE FINAL MILES ROLL BY
    - THE FINAL MILES ROLL BY
  - Fri 20 Jun
    - GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW
  - Thu 19 Jun
    - CALM WINDS - AGAIN!
  - Wed 18 Jun
    - BOXING THE COMPASS
  - Tue 17 Jun
    - THE DAYS ROLL BY
    - PHOTOS 17 JUNE
  - Mon 16 Jun
    - THINGS WE WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT
  - Sun 15 Jun
    - PHOTOS 15 JUNE
    - THE WIND RETURNS
  - Sat 14 Jun
    - BECALMED AGAIN
  - Fri 13 Jun
    - A celebration!
  - Thu 12 Jun
    - PHOTOS 12 JUNE
    - FANTASTIC CONDITIONS!!!!!
  - Wed 11 Jun
    - PHOTOS 11 JUNE
    - A FRUSTRATING 24 HOURS
  - Tue 10 Jun
    - PHOTOS 10 JUN 3
    - PHOTOS 10 JUN 2
    - PHOTOS 10 JUN 1
    - BECALMED
    - A MORE DETAILED UPDATE
  - Mon 09 Jun
    - JUST A QUICK ONE
  - Sun 08 Jun
    - MORE BREAD!
    - DOLPHINS & REPAIRS...
    - STEADY PROGRESS
  - Sat 07 Jun
    - DRYING OUT
  - Fri 06 Jun
    - ROUGH BUT GOOD PROGRESS
  - Thu 05 Jun
    - PERFECT SAILING-AGAIN!
  - Wed 04 Jun
    - EATING AND SLEEPING
  - Tue 03 Jun
    - GEORGE AND GILBERT.....AND THOSE BOOTS
  - Mon 02 Jun
    - A GREAT FIRST 24 HOURS
  - Sun 01 Jun
    - GOOD BYE BERMUDA
- May 2008
  - Fri 30 May
    - CREW ARRIVAL AND TOURS OF A SERIOUSLY DIFFERENT NATURE...
    - ON THE TOURIST TRAIL...
  - Wed 28 May
    - A LIGHTHOUSE AND A LEG STRETCH
  - Tue 27 May
    - LIFE THE BERMUDAN WAY
  - Sun 25 May
    - WE'VE MADE IT!
  - Sat 24 May
    - RECORD RUN TO DATE
  - Fri 23 May
    - MORE PICTURES...
    - WEATHER HOLDING
  - Thu 22 May
    - PERFECT SAILING
    - FRUSTRATING CONDITIONS
  - Wed 21 May
    - POSITION
  - Tue 20 May
    - IT IS ROUGH!
  - Mon 19 May
    - DEPARTURE FROM NORFOLK
  - Sun 18 May
    - SCRUBBING AND POLISHING
  - Sat 17 May
    - CREW COMPLETE!
    - AT NORFOLK, VA
  - Fri 16 May
    - Arrival in Norfolk
  - Wed 14 May
    - STEADY PROGRESS TOWARDS NORFOLK VA.
  - Tue 13 May
    - DAY TWO; WHAT A CONTRAST!
    - FIRST DAY AT SEA - AND IT WAS BLOWING!
  - Sun 11 May
    - READY TO SAIL
  - Fri 09 May
  - Thu 08 May
    - GLOBALSTAR TEST
    - A WAY LATE UPDATE
- Apr 2008
  - Sun 27 Apr
    - A TRIAL SAIL
  - Thu 24 Apr
    - PROGRESS CONTINUES
  - Mon 21 Apr
    - Fw: WELCOME BELOW!
  - Sat 19 Apr
    - SOME PREPARATIONS CAPTURED ......................
    - EXPERIMENTING WITH PHOTOS
  - Thu 17 Apr
    - BOAT SWUNG - COMPASS ADJUSTED
  - Tue 15 Apr
    - THIS AND THAT
  - Sat 12 Apr
    - THE DUTCHMAN
  - Fri 11 Apr
    - ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT AN ENLARGED PLAN
    - FIRST CREW ABOARD
  - Mon 07 Apr
    - LAST DAY AT WORK
  - Sun 06 Apr
    - THE PLAN
- Mar 2008
  - Mon 31 Mar
    - Storing ship
  - Wed 26 Mar
    - Taking stock!