Course:  090

 

Distance to Black Rock, Falmouth Harbour at 5pm BST:  709 miles

 

 

Rock and Roll for most of last night but all looking good for now.  I'd just taken down the main sail and geared up to go NE with 20 plus knots overnight when Tim's text pitched up saying that there is still a low developing to the SW and to stay on my current latitude till Friday, so it was on to plan B.  I could hold the course on the reefed genny and that was fine but it put us broadside to the waves, and in 20 knots that was a fun night where the best place to be was in my pit but there was precious little sleep.  Cooking tea was fun too - I settled on a tin of stew and finished off my "plastic" bread to mop it up !

I've had various different sail set-ups today, including a poled out genny with and without the main but we are now sailing dead downwind in 10 kts with full sail up and the main on a preventer.  The boat is doing 5kts and there is a current with us too so I have 6kts on the GPS at present.  The windpilot vane is doing a great job but as the wind increases tonight then I will give us a slant to the wind and then reverse this to keep us on or about 26 degrees north and remove the hassle of sorting any gibes in the dark.   If I understand Tim right then I am expecting the all clear to start moving north again tomorrow afternoon. 

 

Nature  
Lots of sheerwaters about and in groups of a dozen or so birds, often settled on the water.  They are great to watch when flying. but there is little variation and I still havent seen one take a fish. 

 

 

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