Duet ll on passage day 7
Duet
Simon and Kitty van Hagen
Sun 6 Jul 2008 00:32
20:15:55S
176:27:54E
The sea temperature has risen from 10 degrees to 25 in the
last couple of days. We have seen little of the sun and even less of the stars.
The nights have been as black as a witches tit. There have been achingly long
hours of light winds and motoring under a sullen sky but now the trades are
accelerating and Duet flies over the water. So far top speed is 11.5 knots and
we are currently averaging 9 - what a ship!