Goldilocks, for now!
Fleck
Sun 22 Jun 2014 14:54
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Sunday, 22 June 2014
Position 35:35.4N 47:28.8W
Favourable winds for three days now have pushed us
forwards nicely, and it is calmer today. When the arrows on my grib charts turn
red it means the waves are big, how big I don't exactly know, as I do not have
the scale chart, but from the back of the diminutive Fleck, they do start to
tower above you. We also had a force 7 wind, OK for downwind sailing, but I reef
well down for a quiet ride. I guess that the Clipper fleet just hang on with
their spinnakers with that sort of breeze. Anyway, today is perfect, ie just
normal rolling, and Force 5: the Goldilocks zone. Ideal for breadmaking, but I
fear the dough is too dry: there is a Goldilocks zone for bread dough as well!
At least it won't come out of the oven with patches of green mould on, so it
will be better than yesterday's old stuff! And the smell now of burnt bread
gives me an excuse to close this piece early: Till
tomorrow!
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