27:27.844N 17:37.386W
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                  Patricia Day
                  
Fri 17 Nov 2006 12:07
                  
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 Left La Gomera 16.15pm, 25 knot winds, 
7.1SOG.  Then it all went floppy and spent about 3 hours going nowhere 
while the fickle wind kept changing. 
BIG SWELL. 
Rotten night, but I will hope it will get better as 
I remember what it is like being on the high seas instead of Canary hopping, 
which can be bad enough. 
Must conserve battery as radar went off at 
5am.  Evidently you can t run fridge, navigation lights, GPS, chart 
plotter/radar/GPS and autopilot if you are only doing 2 knots. 
I will try to plot noon position on website and 
arrange a time to keep the sat phone on to pick up e mails.  Any ideas on a 
good time - 9pm? 
Don t need weather update until I get to Cape 
Verdes.  Still don t know if I am stopping or going 
straight.  
Can you let me know if this position update gets to 
the web diary, please. 
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