Day 2 - Spinnaker training
Freespirit
Mon 27 Nov 2006 20:12
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Having enjoyed a cracking first night we
decided to try the spinnaker when the wind eased after breakfast. Plenty
of work and effort by all 5 crew went in to a successful first hoist, a gybe
after lunch and a very fast day's run touching 9.5 knots regularly. We
took it down as night approached and went for a "safety first" option of poled
out jib and reefed main as we were approaching our first Atlantic squall.
It was an anvil shaped black cloud which seemed to sit in our path for
hours. So far, we have not encountered anything but it is now dark and we
can't see it any more! Our first 24 hour run was about 185 nm which we
were pleased about and we were told by the routers that we have enjoyed better
wind by staying south. We are now on course, roughly for the Cape Verdi
islands and will turn right before we get there, probably sometime tomorrow
evening. The ship's routine has not been fully established today as we had
all hands on deck for the spinnaker but we will aim to get into more of a
pattern tomorrow.
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