Day 18, Antigua to Portsmouth
Telefonica Black
Lance Shepherd
Thu 30 Apr 2020 22:12
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48:22.32N
012:29.34W
The trip meter says we have been at this for 18 days and
10 hours. 3400 miles completed and roughly 450 to go.
Last night was a rough one and we are now in the place a
big blow leaves behind......no wind and big seas!
Last night we were in full storm mode, tri sail, storm
jib and warps out the back to try and control the boat down the huge waves. The
main bit of the blow passed us about midnight last night, the team did an
amazing job on the helm. Elliott did come flying off a wave at 27 knots at one
point, which caused a hold your breath moment! But with the reduced sail plan
everything else was much calmer.
Since then we have been bobbing around not quite going
in the correct direction quite slowly! We also have 2 big windholes over the
next 3 days and some headwinds, so our arrival may be a day later than expected.
I think its fair to say everyone would like to be home
now, this trip is taking a wee bit longer and is ALOT colder than we all
imagined. However I hope when we look back at some of the amazing footage from
last night with the huge rollers, its with fond memories.......type 2 fun!
Love to all at home
p.s. ohhhh we have just found out we have been mentioned
in the German newspapers for bringing one of their citizens home! I wonder
how many other countries will feature us as we are bringing home a very
international team of stranded crew!
French, Swiss, German, Polish, Dutch, Slovakian,
Canadian (but lives in the Isle of Wight) and the other 5 of us are from the UK.
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