ETA in Falmouth Tuesday am!
Jellina
Sat 23 Jun 2007 15:23
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Our software and weataher forecasting is predicting
we will get into Falmouth Tue am. Winds are generally looking
farvourable.
In our class, Musk Ox who are in the lead by 90
mins from us (outward journey) are looking quite hot still. We need to get
further ahead of them. We need to beat them by 10%, thats 100 miles - best
scenario for us is for the wind to go light for them after we have
finished!................ but this does not look like happening. Jacana,
the wily fox who stays hidden, are always a threat as we havent a clue where
they are. We pulled away from them quite quickly at the start though. But we
beat them by 6 hours on the way out, so they have some catching up to
do.
Of course, we may have failures or damage. Our
reaching spinnakre, bless it, has taken a hammering and could let go at any
moment.
Our main halyard got v frayed at the top, so in a
calm I took the sail down and recut the ent. But this could happen again.
We still have battery charging issues and so arent
using our nav lights unless we see another vessel.
So theres lots to play for in the last few
days.
Best regards
Mark
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