Fair Do's VII Report- 0600 18-11-08

Fair Do's VII, Atlantic 2008....
Professor John Shepherd
Tue 18 Nov 2008 06:09
Hi Chris,
 
Our position:
LATTITUDE=                34 46 37 N
LONGITUDE=              11 54 54 W
Other info=                   On the rhum line, slow progress though
 
Nav:
COURSE STEERED=    209
SPEED=                       8.2
 
Weather Observations:
WINDSPEED=              14.4
DIRECTION=                 354
TRENDS=                     The breese has been up and down all night but no more than 15 and as low as 8 and it keeps going from about 020 to 350, not sure if this is a swell associated thing as we have a fairly large swell from our port midships.
TIDE=                         -                  
SEASTATE=              As above
 
Intentions/status:
Intention is to remain on rhum line sourse of 209 until we get there, my concern is that we need to turn the engine off for about 10hours to have enough fuel to motor the rest of the way. The wind definitely seems lighter than the gribs suggest and further North, not sure of your views on this?
Appart from the diesel concerns all is well we have the main and preventer and we're just rolling along, computer puts us at 436 miles away and 51hours.
 
Speak soon,
 
Hugh.