Day 4: Azores -> Lagos - Let sail fast

Blue Note
Marco M.
Fri 21 Jun 2013 10:35
Date: Friday 21/06/13 - Time: 12:00 Blue Note Time - 11:00 UTC - 07:00 EDT
Position 37:33.08N  13:05.55W
COG 97T SOG 7.1 kt, Wind 12T 19.6 kt, Barometer 1014.9 decrreasing
Temperatures: Air 17.4C, Sea 10.0C
Last 24h Sailed Distance: 160 NM
Last 24h Decrease Distance on rhumb line: 160 NM
Sailed distance since departure: 603 NM
Time since departure: 3d 23h 15m
Average Speed since departure: 6.33  kt
Intention: sail to Lagos
Distance to End on rhumb line: 213 NM
ETA: Saturday June 22 at 19:00
Detailed Track (50 is the maximum number of point, i.e. once the last point reaches 50, the last point always is 50): http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0EIVGO9oiEYLjqAfRxhderm34cEEF9dMP

In the last 12 hours the wind has increased to 18-22 ktrs and we sailed even faster with an average speed of over 7.0 kts.
If we can continue with this speed, and the weather forecast shows  the wind to stay the same or even getting stronger, it's
possible to arrive in Lagos before sunset.
According to the Imray cruising book, it's possible to dock at the reception pantoon and then wait the next day to check-in with the different authority
and get assigned a slip in the marina.
So, this is the current plan and it should work unless the expected unfavorable currents at longitude 10W will slow us down too much.

Flavio made a full recovery and he is able now to even read.
However, fishing is halted today because of the high sailing speed and, now that we are aiming at a landfall before sunset, the need to keep up the speed.

After few days in Lagos the plan is follow Passepartout footsteps (or keelsteps as one should say) of last year and stop in Marina Puerto America in Cadez. From there wait for a good weather window to go to Gibraltar. And then the final destination of stage#2: Marina del Este.
Cadez, according to Chris and Nirit recommendation, it's a nice town and perhaps there we will also rent a car for a day and visit Seville, about 60 miles north, that together with Granada is considered to be one of the most beautiful city in Spain.

Emacs!
Plot of Blue Note speed