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Catmojo

Matt

Wed 10 May 2023 10:53

36:51N 32:22W with just over 200nm to the waypoint. All fine. I’m in the so-called Azores high pressure system, so it’s nice and sunny but there’s not much wind. Well, there’s 6knots against me. I tried kinda motorsailing in a slightly different direction but meh, that’s slower VMG that heading straight at it.

The nav says I would reach the waypoint at dead of (tomorrow) night at this rate. If it stays like that, I’ll do like the Carib cruise ships which creep along all night to time their arrival at first light, not in the dark.

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Tue 9 May 08:47
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Wed 29 Mar 22:17
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Tue 24 Jan 13:41
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Tue 30 Nov 06:34
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Tue 26 Oct 23:42
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Thu 30 Sep 15:01
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Wed 5 May 00:56
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Fri 30 Apr 16:44
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Sat 24 Oct 12:20
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