Mazagon and an exciting exit from Faro
Position 37:07.87N 6:49.93W Date Sunday 10 October 2010 The weather forecast may have been good, there may have been less than
2 knots wind but the exit to the sea at Cabo St Maria was exciting. Hindsight
being 10/10 and with the benefit thereof, a heavy swell running into a small
gap with 4 to 5 knots of ebb tide going the other way with us aboard was always
going to produce some interesting waves for us to get through. Sorry, no
photographs; we were a little busy at the time. The remainder of the day’s sailing to Mazagon was much less
eventful and followed the usual pattern of motoring during the morning and
finishing with a few hours decent sailing when the wind filled in. We did have
the benefit of dolphins and some sunshine which allowed me to start taking sun
sights with the sextant. I was pleased to get my noon sight latitude within 2nm. I have a PC
programs that works out the result which is a handy as a check against the more
involved paper and table method; the latter being a useful failsafe as it
depends on enthusiasm as a motive force rather than electricity. Cook says that I should mention the excellent hot dogs that we had for
lunch and whilst I am handing out the laurels, the stir fry for dinner
wasn’t half bad either. |