16:24.22N 030:37.12W Atlantic
Audaciter
ItchyFingers
Mon 5 Dec 2011 19:44
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Hi,
All is well. We have recovered from our minor injuries
from the other night. Damn those choppy seas when you leave land. I swear I
will cook with one leg bracing me at a 45
degree angle when I get home! We have been goosewinging or
'spatchcocking' as we like to call it which is where you have the main sail
out on one side and the head sail poled out on the other. The reason
for this is because the wind is directly behind us on a dead run so we get
the most out of it and it means we don't have to keep gybing. Weather is good
and morale is high. The only downer is that the last shop we did in Cape Verde
was a bit crap. Basically we, or rather Dickon and I didn't get any chocolate or
sweet stuff which now we all crave. In fairness though it was a crap place to
get provisions from and we did the best we could.
We have changed course to Antigua and are going to base
ourselves there for Christmas and New Year as opposed to going to Grenada,
picking up Lauren and then bombing it up to make it in time. I think we will
want to chill in the Caribbean for a few weeks before we head off to
Panama!
Anyway, I shall bore you no more.....
x
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