17.54.158N 44.00.346W
Armenistis
Wed 2 Dec 2009 15:49
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14:00 2nd Dec 2009
The wind has dropped to 17kts, after a beautiful
night sail with a full moon changing the ocean to a silver plate and the wind
changing the colours from bright silver to gey silver, today is slow and warm.
The sun is not bright, playing hidden and seek with lots of clouds but very warm
and humid. I am writing now the diary and I am sweating...I think
later we will take showers on deck. Fans not on in order to to economize
electricity, it is hot a we make only 6,5kt and out of the proper course to gain
some speed.
The crew has asked for some music so the DJ decided
Abeniz Isaac- John Williams Asturias-Spanish Guitar.
18:00
The wind 18kt spped 7kt and the music plays " O
ΨΑΡΑΣ" and "ΤΑ ΚΑBOYPAKIA" !!
BOAT
UPDATES
Pelican 159 (monohull) - abandoned as reported earlier. Crew all safe and en route to Gibraltar on MV Crimson Mars. Erasmos 1 - still in Mindello, Cape Verdes with technical problems. Cisa - in Mindello, Cape Verdes. Not continuing to St.Lucia Beoga - have broken their boom. They cut out about 2m of boom and are continuing under reduced sail. Arianne - have broken their spi pole, so now sailing on reduced sail area. Spalax - reported problems with steering. No assistance needed. Snark - we are pleased to report that Ben has fixed his multimeter and triumphantly restarted his generator. Refer his log for the full story. FIRST ARRIVALS It is still very close between Bagheera, Stay Calm and Big One, though it looks unlikely that a new course record will be set. The computer says Bagheera should be home first by a panther's whisker ahead of Big One early on Friday morning (04 Dec). The finish line is being prepared and the rum punches cooled in anticipation. For the majority - though not a silent majority thanks to all your wonderful logs - it is going to be another 6-8 days at sea, with around 175 yachts predicted to have arrived by 11 Dec. Reading through the various logs, we've had lots of reports of dolphins, whales about and even an egret landing on Satori. Keep sending them in, we love to read them. |