12:37.991N 69:58.066W

SV Eleonora
Michael A. Andronov
Fri 8 Sep 2017 20:46
Inspired by getting in contact with friends and relatives, we continue our route  along the ABC Islands. 

The wind which was so kind to push us to BONAIRE  gone, reminding me early Captain Barbosa — “ You asked me to bring you to BONAIRE, to Internet… But you did not say anything about propagate you further… ‘.    
Well, we already learned the trick.  We know exactly how to made wind. The procedure is simple:
— take some efforts, and point the boat in such a way, that the direction you want to go would be most difficult to go to, relative to where the boat is pointing;
— raise gennaker we found in the locker;
Within 15 minutes you would have more wind that you ( and autopilot ) would be able to handle, blowing into direction you want to go ( see above), not where the boat is pointing;
— enjoy the ride as long as you have forces,  then drop the gennaker, raise regular yankee… and the wind will stay with you for a couple of hours… ;-) 
Works like a charm!   I can soon would be able to set up gennaker with my closed eyes!!! ;-) 


Since we are near ARUBA, the Internet appeared again… 
The night was relatively quite.  Using technique above we generated more wind then we needed, and by 0300 o’clock, after storing the gennaker and stabilising the boat,  dodging from the few  tankers bound to Venezuela  — political disturbance and unrest is one thing, but oil business should go according to the schedule — we were settled to move the boat  for a night.  

Beautiful morning came with the news that FISH(es) won again. That what left from the lure which was  squid and nice small fish…  How they did it?  I have no clue…


But we are sailors and adventures. Since we have nothing to eat anyway…  Using a table cloth and the rest of the lure… we made that:

Rigged and the battle with  FISH(es) is going on… 

The internet is closing, Aruba to port… Colombia — right into the sun:


Until next update… 

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