Biscay - Done!
Buesnel
Wed 6 May 2009 10:40
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43:22.05N 8:23.14W
It is a great relief to have Biscay completed and
all us to be safetly tucked up in La Coruna on the Northwest tip of Spain.
Lovely weather here, crew tired and hungry - we will sort that today.
We had some big surfing waves last night - F5 on
the port quarter, 2 reefs in the main and full jib. It was like driving a surf
board. Lol got the top score at 12.5knots, Vics loved it and managed 12.4 (i had
to ask her to come off the helm as she was already into our watch!). We had
Dolphind following the boat for most of the night - almost like they were
looking after us. This was all in a bright full moon light.
Then 20 miles from shore the moon went down, it was
dark and cloudy and we caught the tail end of a gale in Fitzroy (NW Spain). We
got hit with 30-35 knot winds - down to 3 reefs in the main, very smal jib and
still reaching at 10 knots. We were all clipped on, Pip took charge, Mulch and I
got the boat depowered and we got through without damage to crew or boat.
Some great memories of Biscay and real satisfaction
having done it so quickly but for me personally dont want to do it again in the
near future - need some more sedate coastal crusing to recharge the batteries.
Hope you are all enjoying the
uypdates.
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