Tueday 51:15N 50:41W
Millybrown
Mark Hillmann
Tue 26 Aug 2008 18:38
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Another day plugging into the wind, but exactly 100
miles yesterday to 9am. The spray hood is down again, to give the
best chance of seeing things ahead.
We are going to windward with the full cutter rig
on (staysail as well as main and genoa) but after a quieter morning the
spray is not coming across the boat and the wet mist or rain only needs a hat to
defeat. I would guess that the cutter rig does not add much speed, but
seems to help recovery after hitting large waves, perhaps it makes the rig less
sensitive to wind direction. The big advantage is that when the wind gets
up you can roll the genoa fully away
We are only 30 miles from the southern iceberg
limit and just outside the east corner as of 3 days ago. It is foggy
so going into the area seems a slight risk unless all the shipping uses the same
data, when it may suddenly get busy outside. I have only seen one ship
since losing sight of Greenland so it is not busy yet.
There were more pilot whales yesterday afternoon;
perhaps half a dozen quietly going north.
I have spent time today cleaning up. After a
week at sea and not much gentle, sunny sailing, the boat and I are starting to
smell. The sleeping bags only get aired inside. Anything outside
would get too wet with spray and fog. Even now, with the sun out
and air and sea temperature both at 16 C, so not
cold, visibility is only about 200 m - anything would just get wet
with the fog.
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