Blog #55 - Leg 2
Cassini's blog
Simon and Sally, Nigel and Catherine
Sat 18 Nov 2023 17:47
|
Well here we are again under sail enroute from Cape
Verde to Grenada on Leg 2 of our ARC+ adventure. We had a pleasant few days in
Cape Verde sampling a very different culture to that of Las Palmas. Very much
more African than European - although we still found an Irish bar! We made more
friends among our fellow sailors and although we came up empty handed at the
prize giving we feel we deserve an award for the most sociable
boat!
This leg of the trip is officially 2160 nautical miles
(by the way a nautical mile is 1.15 statute miles) but no doubt we will cover
more while we hunt down the wind which has deserted us somewhat today. Having
looked at the whether forecast we are heading further south where we are assured
the wind will be stronger - but we all know weather forecasters lie like a
Hong Kong Rolex! And when they are not lying they get it wrong.
After shackle school in Cape Verde where crew members
learnt how to make soft shackles we now have Pilates school in the cockpit
followed by sextant training before doing a sun sight later on today. Busy,
busy, busy.
Here's hoping for more wind tomorrow.
Nigel the Navigator
P.S. Happy Birthday Nick
Payne
|