Lightening
L'Esprit de la Mer
Dr Chris Bates
Sat 4 May 2013 02:21
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12 27 24 S 144 17 76 W
Lightening is especially frightening inn a yacht at
sea.Althought the strike is usually survivable the damage to the boat ,it´s
rigging and electronics are vastly expensive to repair and untill I reach
Pappete I have no insurance for this.Last night was one big storm that seemed to
be circling around us over a 40nm radius.Most of the night was spent dodging
areas of lightening helped by radar and not by the absence of
moonlight.
Today has seen the weather improve and the winds
freshen.It is noticably less humid.
The bow red/green managed to fail in the middle of
one downpour and it took a while to fix it.
Still today good propgress.160 nm to the first of
the islands.Lambs hocks with peppers for supper
chris
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