Wed 21st May
Cat-man-do
Wed 21 May 2008 19:50
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It's now the15th day of this crossing and we are
plodding ever so slowly onwards towards the Azores. We have managed to "solve"
some of the issues on the boat and have full use of the main sail again, though
the Genoa is still out of action. Not that either would have made a huge
difference today though, the winds have died down and we were struggling to make
much in the way of meaningful progress towards our first stop. So much so in
fact that we've taken the decision to enlist some mechanical help in the form of
the engines. A little of a brave decision as we still have 500 miles to the
Azores and are uncertain as to how much fuel they would use to get us the whole
distance. Looking at the latest Grib (weather) files it looks like we may have
little or no wind for the rest of this leg. If you could all keep fingers, toes
or whatever crossed or ask the Windy god to send some this way, it'd be
appreciated!!
Little else to report, though the sun is finally
shining today which makes everything seem so much brighter anyway. We have
slipped quite well into a watch system of 4 hours each overnight which seems to
work well. Though quite who's the hardest to wake up for their watch, Myself or
Andrew would be very open to debate!
It's always nice to get E mails from people back
home , so as always a big thanks to people that send them out. Special mention
goes to someone quite unexpected who sent an E mail from their work a few days
ago. It'll be my turn to buy a drink or two next time we're all out in
Poulton.
Hope everyone is well and happy and the weather's
finally starting to perk up at home. It seems a little strange to us that as we
head towards our Summer, we head towards Europe and the weather is getting
cooler the further we get from the Caribbean!!
Take care of yourselves and keep the E mails
coming
Brian xx
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