Day 4 of Atlantic crossing.
Mandalay
Robin & Jenny Martin
Thu 25 Nov 2010 11:00
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Four nights at sea and a different sail set each
one. First night beam reach then spinnaker run then goose winged and last night
close hauled. We should relish the variety as once we hit the trade winds it
will be down wind all the way until we turn left around Pigeon
Island.
Our plan was to head south early and hopefully avoid the light winds predicted to the west, this doesn't
appear to have been a popular choice as we have seen very few yachts around us.
Nights watches have been highlighted by many cargo ships
tracking up and down the African coast. Dusk and dawn brings the dolphins in
huge pods, we never tire of their visit and look forward to the antics of the
group's show off who can jump higher than the rest.
It's a busy life we lead, always jobs to do. The
technology on board gives great entertainment, we look forward to receiving our
emails and the daily radio net on the HF gives us plenty of information to mull
over for the next 24 hours.
We have to thank our tacticians and weather
routers in Nottingham (Charlie) and Teddington
(Wilfy).
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