Leg 3 - Ayamonte - Canaries - "Out of Africa"
Lilli Mae
Linton
Tue 1 Oct 2019 02:54
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Hi everyone,
2nd night at sea and at last we have found the wind. At
this very moment (0430 local time) we are speeding along at 7 knots with 15-17
knots of wind. We were a little worried because we had to motor for more than a
day. You might have seen our track wandering a little as we were trying to
figure out if we needed to head for Casablanca to get fuel. Right now we have
enough wind and fuel to make it direct to Las Palmas.
We have been watching Hurricane Lorenzo. I have attached
a picture of our weather map and you can see it on there. I have marked where
Las Palmas is in relation to the Hurricane and a little line showing our planned
track. We are well clear of it so no worries! We think that we will get quite a
lot of waves from the storm so we are planning our route to stay well clear of
those.
We are now sailing of the coast of Morocco. The abusive
language on the radio is unbelievable! We think it is the fisherman shouting and
threatening at each other but they are doing it over the radio channel
specifically dedicated for distress and emergency. Every now and then one of
them broadcasts Arabic music over this same channel. Heaven knows what would
happen if someone was in trouble! Fortunately we are quite a few miles away from
them. I been up on deck and there is nothing in sight. It is completely black
(dark) with only our yacht and the stars for light. No boats in sight. Last
night we did shine a big torch off the stern (back) of the boat and discovered
flying fish jumping around behind us. Nothing like that tonight. No dolphins or
whales sighted since we left Spain either!
We tried to fish today but have not caught anything yet.
We will let you know how we get on with that project.
Anyway signing off now. Need to go check all is OK on
deck.
Talk soon.
Crew on Lilli Mae
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