Sleigh ride accross the Bay of Bangal
Position 07:38.24N 094:01.73E Night two at sea and we are having a sleigh ride across the
Bay of Bangal towards Sri Lanka with 15 -20 knots of following wind and averaging
7-8 knots of boat speed with the twistle rig flying. It was a bit squally the first night with black clouds and
close lightening and thunder, I had lots of wind shifts and sail changes on my watch
whilst Mark had high winds and heavy rain on his ! So far two glorious sunny sailing days and tonight the stars
are twinkling at us although it is very dark and moonless. Our ETA in However we still have 830 miles to run and the forecast did
say light winds …. |