Squalls but What Next?
Eowyn
Sun 13 Mar 2011 08:44
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Éowyn is underway from
Recife Brazil to Grenada in
position 01:51.001S 037:35.127W
We have just passed a night of
zero wind mixed with squalls, both rain and wind squalls. Now (0540 am) we are
gently sailing again. we motored for over 5 hours in the night.
In the days before we left
Brasil, much of the talk was in the nature of "What Next?!
Some of the participants such
as Jochem & Jutta on "Chessie" plan to go around again but a little more
slowly. In their case because of some boat problems, they had missed much of the
Pacific and were playing catch-up after their repairs.
Others seem to be dreading
returning to their former existence. I know that this has been an all consuming
project, challenging on many levels, but for me I can't wait to return to family
and get back into my old routine - perhaps with a slightly changed perspective
on life, more reflective and living for each day. Of course there are places I
have seen that I would like to return to and explore more deeply and there are
others such as New Zealand which were missed because of the Rally
programme.
We are now just 1,650 miles
from completing our circumnavigation, but I am mindful that those miles still
have to be sailed and there are many potential hazards to upset the apple cart.
Jeanne Socrates in "Nereida" probably was counting her chickens when she was
wrecked with just 60 miles to complete her transit of the globe.
We still have the doldrums to
cross and we should be there in a couple of days. Unlike Jack Aubrey, we have
the "Iron Tops'l" to help us make our way through.
Tomorrow Bob will cross the
equator for the first time. I hope the Gods are kind!
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