39:17.062N 27:23.223
SV Eleonora
Michael A. Andronov
Mon 2 Jul 2018 13:51
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UTC & local time 1309
There is no need to publish the milage... We are
doing a disent speed... and then the wind
drops... and then we doing some speed... Beating, beating,
beating... We are moving towards the spot where the westerly winds
would be picked up... ( They say there is such spot... I would
like to stay optimistic, but for now -- all I can do, to give the
'reasonable doubts' that it is not another fairy tale of the high seas...
)...
I switched off the window with VMG ( velocity
made good ). As I said -- I would like to stay optimistic and
positve...
July 2nd, the middle of the summer,
kind of the middle of Atlantic... I'm wearing wool socks,
boots, full set of foul weather clothes on top of the regular
one... Finally I'm warm... cozy warm... Which create a
challenge -- I would like to sleep... ' Boat, dear... just 5
minutes, here in the cockpit... -- No, we have to tack...
Better now before that squall hits us... -- Ok...
'
How to change the header into the lifter
? Simple -- you tack on the header... stabilize the boat... and exactly at
this moment -- the wind will change back again... All 20+ knots of
it... 4 tacks, under the low, plumbum look skies...
rain... against swell... And you can self-confidently
apply to any Lazer 28 racing team or the Cirque de Soliel... who ever get
you first... But I do not want to... I want to close my eyes and to
sleep...
'... North of Azores my have friequent
calms... But the weather stays sunny and nice... ' Really?! Let me
check my position and fix... Hmm... Somethng is wrong...
I'm north of the Azores... according the chart... I can not
separate the sky from the dark greyish ocean... They look
absolutely identical... With water in the ocean, water in the clouds,
and the water in between...
I see two possible explanations...
-- The authors were here, went through what
I'm going now, and decided to publish a good review, to attract more people...
The old, well known Mark Twain's trick...
-- The authors were eating, drinking
and/or smoking something different them me... In such case, it would be
nice to add their menu to the guide...
Finally, the Sun made through the skies...
The wind backed, pushing us further West... Ok, no problem... we will wait
until the next squall which is 2 miles away... It will fix it, it will
bring the wind back... We know that trick... We are not
stupid...
And we are fine. We progressing. With fun,
with some interesting language sometimes, in a good
mood!
On that note,
Till next update...
M.
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