Halcyon, Day 10
Halcyon
Rob Withers
Tue 29 Nov 2011 18:35
done over 1400 miles with about the same left to sail. In the end,
we'll sail more than 2800 miles because you always end up sailing
longer than the rhumbline (or great circle) route. Sarah and Alisatair
are both very keen on a swim on the centre line, but the swell will
need to subside substantially before the safety officer would allow it.
Those readers who have been following the fleet and keeping an eye on
the racing side of it will have noticed that we aren't doing too
badly. Taking into account our handicap, we're about 20th in the
entire fleet, and 2nd in our class. 'Flying John', the leader of our
class, is about 150 to the north of us, so we're hoping to be able to
overhaul her lead about 20 NM (at 04:00 today). However, due to her
handicap we'll need to finish about 100NM ahead to beat her (assuming
no engine use)
During the night the wind piped up to about 30 knots, but once we'rd
shortened sail, Halcyon was very smooth and controlled. Its when the
wind gets light that the motioned gets horrid.
Must go...Pimms on deck now
