St Johns Newfoundland 47:34N 52:42W
Millybrown
Mark Hillmann
Fri 29 Aug 2008 16:56
The last 24 hours was quick sailing: The wind finally came up from behind (NE) and we rolled downwind with the staysail and genoa, one on each side. Too much of a dead run to want the main as well in 20 kn of wind. That only went back up an hour before I arrived, when the wind finally eased. The chart plotter had been predicting the arrival time for 24 hours and I would have bet nothing at all on achieving it, but the wind held.
It is strange to be in a place where everyone talks English and the pubs are Irish. It is very friendly and meant to be the artistic capital of Canada, so we ought to appreciate the music. The fiddler last night was fully up to professional standard, in the way that you get in Irish pubs, but never in England.