Day Sixteen Postion 25 42.382N 035 40.178E - 1200
Mark_needler
Professional Skipper
Wed 5 Sep 2007 10:36
that hold the plates onto the boom to give it more strength) is working well
at the moment the wind is varying between 20 and 30 knots and we have 3
reefs in and abit probably 30% genoa up. The wind however is behing us as is
the sea so we are averaging between 8 and 9 knots with peaks up to 15 knots.
All is well and the crew are shaping up really well, Julie is a real find and
is organizing the daily crew rotor and generally giving me time to plan our
passage and get on with the technical side of things. (actual 12 hour average 7.08 knots)
If we can keep up this pace we hope to be in Aden on or slightly before the
12th of September, this will allow us to catch up to a couple of other
yachts on which I know the Skippers we will all then sail past Somalia and
Suquatra together and continue to Males.
It's great to finally be out of Eygpt as that place just sucks all your
energy and money right out of you.
I'll do another update in a couple of days.