27 November
After a dead run using the repaired Spinnaker pole we changed our course
to enable us to fly the Gennaker. From 17:00 today till the evening and
around 20:00 with the Gennaker. The wind was picking up so we decided to drop it
and go back to the Genoa for the night. It gets dark here at about
18:00 UTC so we felt it was time to change sails a bit too late. The boat was
riding nicely the waves and it was also time for a tuna salad for dinner with
lots of brown bread and cold beer.
Then I decided to stay on watch since the
wind was 18-25kt and I felt steering for a couple of hours then switched to our
best friend...the Wind Vane pilot.
The moon has been so bright that you can
see the deck and the white caps of the big waves coming on our starboard. We
make 8-11kt and it is such a pleasure to see Armenistis surfing the waves.
At
about 23:00 UTC I saw a light abeam of our starboard and then I saw the
navigation lights of a ship, went down to the navigation table and saw on the
A.I.S. M/V Crimson Neptune, not sure but most likely a container vessel bound to
Brazil she was making 14kt and when she passed from our stern she was like a
dark monster it was a container vessel indeed with lots of empty containers on
board you could tell from the bow been to much out of the water.
Now I am
writing for the blog after I read mails from friends. I have been updated of
most socio economic news, the thanksgiving menu at the White House, how much
Greece owes (OMG), the flu story and of course the Hospital video saga (the
video cannot be received but I received a newspaper article......)
I have to
leave you now, don’t forget I am on watch!! It is getting cloudy and may have a squall in a
while.
S/Y Armenistis
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