29 November
We have now crossed the tropic of Cancer, and continue to turn more towards the west. If we turn too early however, we may miss our ride on the trade winds. Some of the fleet have already made their turn, and if we do not find stronger winds further south as we expect, then they have made the right choice. It's simply a judgement call of distance versus speed.
Last night we passed the
Endeavour Seamount, some 300 miles off the west coast of
We woke to a splendid sun rise after
a good night's sailing, having cleared 82 miles in darkness. At day
break we were lying 16th out of 168 boats in terms of distance still to run
to
This has been our first hot, blue skies day. We are down to our skimpies and throwing buckets of sea water over our heads. It's going to get still hotter. One downside is that some of our fresh fruit is going off, particularly bananas and satsumas. We are gorging ourselves rather than chucking it.
We have not sighted another boat for
24 hours. We are truly on our own now. After yesterday’s close miss, hopes for
fresh fish are high. We have assembled our finest lures and are on the
hunt.
Stop press: we have just been visited by another school of dolphins at 19:00. Fantastic.
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Sun
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