Lilli Mae Journey Home - Leg 4 - The Big One-
Lilli Mae
Linton
Tue 26 Nov 2019 06:38
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Hi Everyone,
We are now well under way and as I write we have
done 221 nm from leaving our Las Palmas 41 hours ago. Only another 2500 nm to
go! Right now it is pitch black darkness but you can see the glimmer of
lights from other boats about 5 miles in front of us. The sun is rising at
about 7 AM and I have the watch shift that includes the sunrise so looking
forward to that. We are sailing at about 5 knots and heading for a point just
west of the Cape Verde Islands at a latitude of 20N. The plan is then
to "turn right" into the trade winds and hopefully they will be strong
enough to take us all the way to the Caribbean.
The days have been sunny and warm but there have been
fairly light winds. We hoisted our spinnaker yesterday and did some fishing
whilst it was reasonably quiet. On the fishing front nothing was caught! As you
can imagine food is a big deal whilst at sea. I am in charge of this and
yesterday I excelled by making a bangin' vegetable stir fry with
noodles. Mike (my brother) said we should take pictures of our efforts but
it was gone before we could get down to the cabin to retrieve the
camera.
Talking of pictures we have not had chance to take many
yet. We are still really trying to establish the routine. I am sure that we will
take lots of pictures and will send them in later dispatches.
Anyway not much more to say right now apart from that
everything aboard the good ship Lilli Mae is "ship shape". We will send an
update in a couple of days and will be able to include some photos. Hopefully
you have been able to track us but if not let me know.
Talk soon,
The Crew on Lilli Mae
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