36:05.726N 42:03.880W
SV Eleonora
Michael A. Andronov
Wed 13 Jun 2018 04:36
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UTC 0014
1645 nm gone...
Probabily, the longest 24 hour run I've made on the boat
-- 186nm...
Exactly 2 weeks in the sea... and yes, this
time all those -- 50 miles from shore, 150 miles from shore...
do NOT apply...
To some degree, the sailing so far has been
boring... ' Boring sailing is good! I wish you a boring crossing! ',
I've been wished on leaving Antigua... She was right. No
stitching the arms or wounds, no rogue storms... no major broken
parts... boring.. ;-) And that is good!!!!
Two weeks in the Ocean...
As I said in the previous log e-mail -- I research all
available accounts from different persons... The traveling they were making
were so differernt, preparations were so diffeent... Different in
all terms, angles, and directions --- budgets, goals, desire to
cover and be ready for all imaginable challenges...
Challenges... I have the RAY yachtmaster exam
preparation book on board... And the author claims that the yachtmaster
should constantly be prepared and think what to do if the rigging gives
up, man over board, injures, etc. etc, etc... I think I got
the wrong book or something is lost in reading.. Because in my mind,
as you start to think that way -- one thing for sure... the
challenge you are thinking of would find you one day...
And no matter how well you are prepared -- the last thing you want is to deal
with it...
Why not just to enjoy sailing instead? (
Granted, it is nice and issential to have plans B, C,
D.... But let them be B, C, and D.... Not make them A
)...
So, two weeks in the sea... Boring
sailing... Nice!
The set of Azores islands and the boat icon
have appeared on the same plotter screen with a reasonable resolution! We are
moving in the right direction!!!
Right direction...
I guess I've learned something in handling the
boat during the last 2 years...
But bad habbits are difficult to get rid off... Two years
ago I was so preoccupied with idea and thoughts to make the
crossing from Norfolk to BVI... that I did not think where on BVI
exactly... and what I'm going to do on BVI...
Two years later... I'm so
preoccupied with 'crossing the Atlantic to Azores '
-- I completely forgot to check which island I would
actually like to make a landfall... And what exactly I
would like to do on Azores...
At least I have a cruising guide, and now, as the
boat is taking care of actual crossing, I'm reading the book...
The good part is... since I do not care
where to go, actually... It is impossible to discruct the boat
and myself from the 'right direction'. We are on the right
track by definition... And the only drawback,
when Chris Parker asked, 'Where would you like to
go?' -- the answer ' I do not know... where is a good
wind?' , does not sound too good...
But... let it be my biggest challenge at the
moment...
Two weeks in the Ocean... Already? Really?!!!
Realisation that ' it is, indeed', -- has just occured to me.. Wait a
second... can we slow down a bit? I've just realised what kind
of adventure I've started... With a real open end...
Way... What should I do about it?! Time to go to the deck, lay down and
watch the stars... The rest can wait...
Meantime, we are sailing... At a speed of
6 kts... Light winds again... No record
breaking tomorrow... That is right, manana...
We are going more North a bit, in search of stronger
winds, to stay awy from Azores High... But that would be tomorrow, another
day...
Until then --- good night!
M.
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