Duet on passage
Duet
Simon and Kitty van Hagen
Mon 14 Feb 2011 21:34
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45:22:31S
157:15:89E
Tuesday 15th
February.
Yesterday was St Valentine's day. No,
there were no red roses or cards dropped off by a wandering
Albatross. Actually there were very few birds at all. Those big soaring
birds need wind to give them lift and we have had light winds for the last
24hrs. Dull aluminium grey all day with a light misty drizzle at times. Duet
needs little wind to keep her tracking along at 7 knots, the direction has been
favourable and the swell diminished so it's been comfortable and effortless
sailing. Time to replace whipping on various pieces of rope, check for chafe and
any number of small maintenance jobs that frequently get put to the
bottom of the jobs to do list.
A sign of the times. Instead of marking
our noon-day position on the paper chart we simply drop a pin on the Navionics
App on the ipad.
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