20:54.788N 60:21.315W
SV Eleonora
Michael A. Andronov
Fri 1 Jun 2018 07:23
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As I'm typing -- the log says we made 252
nm... A tiny bit more then 1/10 of projected route...
It has been a long day.
The fight with the light winds started a bit
earlier then it was expected. The wind began to die at noon... And
the rest of the day was spent in changing the sails... First, removing the
cutter settings, and rigging up the genaker. For a couple of
hours -- genaker was a saver... But then, the wind gone... 2-3 kts... from all
directions... So, removing the genaker... ;-)
( My dear friend Ivan! If you are reading
this -- thank you again for all fun and training we got with
genaker when we went to Columbia last September!!! ).
Spoke to Chris Parker. ( Yes! My SSB is
working! People can hear me!!! )
He was surprised that there were no wind... Suggestion -- I've have to be at 26 degree North as soon as possible.. Or... wait,.. and the wind in my area should be back around June 6th... The earliest... Checked my grib files.. For a change, they
agree with what I'm observing... But not with what Chris is saying... But
both of them agreed on one thing -- I have to be out of where
I'm as soon as possible... Or the ridge -- aka
Azores High -- will cover me and keep in the area forever... ;-)
And here I'm, runnig away towards NE... As
fast as I can... The wind picked up just a tiny bit in the late
evening... The night ahead would be the fight for each 1/10 kts of
the boat speed...
People lately suggested that I should learn to play
cards... Well, who needs to play cards, when you have the weather
map infront of you, the Ocean around, and the choice either to find
the way through or to be trapped within the Horses Latitudes
forever?!
We are doing fine:
-- dressing and un dressing
Eleonora makes me exhausted a bit; But I guess it is
normal, she is only 35, and I
am... ah, never mind! But now the boat is really looking like a 'racing
boat' --
the corridor in front of the boat full of layers of
sails, ready to be hosted. ( That is a nice way to describe the mess
I created... Will be cleaned and sorted out, as soon as we pass 'no wind
zone' ).
--attempts to fix communication through Iridium
probably made me financially bankrupt... So, less reason to rush to any land,
which in turn, makes me extremely patient with the boat and the weather...
-- I'm still 'forcing' 5 kts average
speed... With the wind of 6-8 knots average it is a nice puzzle to
solve..
-- going the course 39 M... which slowly
adding Lats and reducing Longs...
That is all for now,
M.
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