Ensuenos/13 Sunday 5th December
Ensuenos
David Charity
Sun 5 Dec 2010 14:42
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13:41.34N 36:42.132W
Dear All,
We now have the trade winds behind us and today the
weather is idyllic.The temperature is 32* with a 14 knot breeze and we are
pointing in the right direction at 6knots.If this continues we are starting to
think of an ETA St Lucia around the 15th some 4 days behind our original
estimate.
It has now been 3 days since we saw another sailing
boat although this morning a tanker passed ahead of us on route from Venezuela
to Gibraltar. Amazingly there have been 3 occasions when had we not taken
avoiding action a collision could have been a real possibility. The most
interesting happened whilst Gareth and I were on night watch.It was a very dark
night and this sailing vessel just kept coming at us.When he(or she) was less
than 1 mile away we decided to deploy the engine and proceed in an appropriate
direction at great speed. At it's closest point it passed at just 100
metres.Gareth reckoned that had we had something suitable to throw we could
have done to express our disapproval.(a rotten avocado would have
been perfect).
It is now 2 weeks since we left Las Palmas the
fresh vegetables will last another 2 days and the fresh fruit until we
arrive.Only one more day of cabbage coleslaw to go! The cabbages have been a
real success and our meals continue to be interesting and varied especially when
Ron decides to add some of his last minute un-planned enhancements.
We are enjoying receiving" most "of the sporting
news especially that coming from Australia and particularly right now as we are
racing an Aussie who was our neighbour in Las Palmas.We are banking on our
superior experience and tactics to win the day!
Tomorrow "could " be fishing day so standby for
some interesting news.
Keep well
Best regards to all
D.J.C.:
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