Day 11 to St Helena

Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 7 Feb 2020 06:00
20:56.87 S  0:02.95 E
 
Day Eleven to St Helena
 
 
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At ten I got up to find we are beyond the Greenwich Meridian. YEHAA. Bear took a practice shot of the VHF radio screen with 697 seconds to go to zero. Sadly, the zeros were out of focus so the next one is 63 seconds into the West YEHAA and YAY. We crossed at four thirty UTC or six thirty ship’s time. Thought about shouting out but wasn’t sure if Pepe was soundo.
 
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Where we actually crossed – 445 nmiles from St Helena.
 
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Todays “Happy Pictures”, must get one of you for the record........
 
I simply couldn’t take the pressure and whining three days on the trot, so I took every risk and was quite pleased with myself at losing five nil, bit of an achievement I felt. 
Realising there were still two loaves in the fridge, I fed Bear two rounds of chicken sandwiches with a side salad. 
Revenge was sweet when I crushed him at Mex Train Doms. Growling, it all went your way. Touché Môn Ami.......
 
The rest of the day followed the same pattern.
I did get excited at ten past five this morning when the wind was sufficient (and I felt brave enough in the pitch black) to let out the genoa and TURN THE ENGINE OFF. I went to bed with just under three minutes left in the eastern hemisphere or about half an hour to cross the Meridian. Talking of wind the following always makes me laugh.......
 
Points of wind
 
At six this morning we had covered 120 nmiles. 
Total completed 1289 nauttical miles.
 
 
ALL IN ALL A BIT MOMENTOUS
                     GREAT GLEE, PEPE FOUND THE WIND AS WE REJOIN THE WESTERN WORLD