position update
Island Kea II
Steve and Katrin Everett
Wed 31 Mar 2010 17:22
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Position 05:24S 95:56W
It is now our 4th day at sea (and 3rd night last
night). The wind came last night and so did the rain but we did not
mind.
We were getting a bit worried last night that we
would run low on fuel before we got to the wind so a bit of a relief now and
hopefully the freezer can stay on..
We tried a new combination of part bimmini and the
sprayhood up which kept the cockpit mostly dry which meant that no water was
leaking onto my bed underneath the cockpit..
Unfortunately as we were healing to starboard, the
rainwater leaking by the mast poured onto the lower dinette seating area (there
is always something new..)
There were a few flying fish on the deck but they
are rather small so not worth contemplaing frying them !!
We are still at the back of the fleet apart from
the 3 boats which turned back and we don't know if they have set off
again.
We were last to leave with Aqualuna 4 days behind
most of the boats and Aqualuna are much faster than we are so they have left us
well behind.
We also are making this a bit further by going
pretty much south to start with as we thought it was a better bet for getting
wind earlier - well we have it now..
It is now sunny but a bit overcast. there was
the most wonderful rainbow first thing when the rain stopped.
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