Half Way!! 1901 Hrs Friday 16th December

Tashi Delek
Mike & Carol Kefford
Sat 17 Dec 2011 17:32

16:55.4N  043:24.3W   1134 miles run,  1051 miles to go

 

We stayed up late, ie after 7pm, to mark the half way point with a glass of Champagne.  Woohoo!!

 

The mileage may confuse because the figure for miles run is considerably more than that for the miles to go when you may expect both figures to be the same.  This is because the miles to go are measured as the crow flies but Yachts do not travel as the crow flies.  They wander about a bit, so the miles the boat travels are always going to be more than the distance measured on a chart.  We wander about a bit as the yacht is pushed around by waves and current,  we wander a bit more when we come head to wind to change sails, and we wander a bit more yet when we see another yacht and pootle over to check they are OK and say ‘Hello’ as we did yesterday.  So far we have travelled an additional 83 miles.