Indian Ocean Leg 2 Day Seventeen 20 09.583S 057 30.022E - Arrival!
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Mike and Liz Downing
Sun 13 Oct 2013 19:04
The passage from Cocos Keeling was 2,376 miles and took 17 days, so an average of 140 miles a day. A bit disappointing as we had hoped the average would be nearer 160 miles, but then the conditions were so varied with very light winds at times and very strong winds quite a lot of the time with big seas, both conditions resulting in us slowing down. It's definitely the roughest passage we've done and the wettest (more water on the decks and over the boat, and some in the cockpit). That's what we expected and that's what we got! But then the last few days have been some of the best ocean sailing we've had, so very much a mixed bag. The boat is covered in salt and the clean up will start tomorrow. In the 2,376 miles the engine was used for just 3.2 hours, to leave Cocos Keeling and enter Port Louis today, so can't complain at that!
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