Day 14

Ellisa
Eric Whitelaw
Mon 5 Dec 2011 19:09
Sent: Saturday , December 3, 2011 10:05 AM
Subject: Day 13

Position "15:35.00N  46:05.80W
 
All the Bananas are now dead. Eric hangs on to the last of the truss. It doesn't look nice.
 
 
Saturday sunset. Eric cooks up a mid Atlanic classic dish of hot dogs, smash and thinly sliced carrots followed by his favorite,  rice pudding laced with dried "apricots".(fond memories of his Liverpool school dinners!)
 
 
Last night started off very well , we managed to catch 2 boats that were on our distance horizon. We suspect that they were running under engine as there headings and speed were too constant for the conditions. In the end poor progress was made as we hit squall after squall with heavy down pours,  The wind shifts were as large as 50 degrees and wind speeds varied from zero to 30 knots.