N/N 2 Aug
Luceyblue
Ina&Buc&Simon&Amanda
Mon 3 Aug 2009 04:42
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15:12.9S 155:59.0W
Busy day today, Ina is sick, she has not managed to
be vertical for more than a couple of hours since weleft Bora Bora. Poor old
girl just sleeps, not fun. The rest of the crew have had rain showers and
variable winds.
So we have reefed, shaken ou tthe reefs, put up the
sigma 38 kite, with a large amount of extra string to make it work, got speeds
of up 9 kts out of that, took it down 5 times for passing squalls, Main sail
down, then up, then down and once again up and reefed now for the night. Wind
has gone down to 10 kts so we are trickling along at about 4 or 5 kts, deads on
course.
This morning the kiwi boat which had been behind us
since leaving BB, had managed to sneak in front of us, hence all the spiaker
fun, she is now safely behind us again, but I fear might sneak ahead again
in the night!
Amanda cooked us a fantastic pasta dinner tonight,
as I was steering the boat through yet another squall, giving us a top
speed of 10.5 kts under main and jib.
The kids are now chatting about tactics for
Nintendo dogd, whilst A does the washing up. I am going to get an hour or
twos sleep whilst they keep a night watch, then it`s my turn again
tonight.
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