Plymouth Rock
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Position 17:27.120N 33:53.107W My watch seems to have all the wind. Almost every
watch so far I have had to reef at about 0100. Last night, when I came on
deck we were doing 3.6 knots in our second rain shower since The VHF seems to have had a gag order placed on it
and I am regularly checking the volume control as we get lonely. Poor things. We have 1576 miles to go to We are running low on Cornflakes. This may not seem
like much of a problem as I have made muesli instead, but it’s the tinkle
of Toms Cornflakes in the morning that get me out of my bunk. The tone and
frequency of the muesli in the bowl is quite different and inaudible from my
cabin. Tomorrow evening we are expecting heavy weather. Some
extra sleep today wont go astray and things should calm down by Friday morning
when we can expect a couple of days of light wind. From there on Sunday we are
hoping to pick up what is left of the trades. In the meantime we are still
reaching in relatively stable south easterlies around 20 kts. Under full sail
this is giving us speed over the ground of 6-6.5 kts. The humidity is very high at the moment and with
every movement on board taking quite a lot of effort it is difficult to keep
cool. 28 degrees at the moment and it doesn’t really drop much on the
cloudy nights. Sleeping is difficult but everybody is in good spirits. Todays We crossed the start line quite quick With our rivals taking a lick Out now on the ocean We’re blending a potion To keep us from getting sea sick |