Position 1600 UTC
21 15N
40 34W
Completely overcast today. Hazy sunshine just begining to appear.
After a spanking 24 hours with the spinnaker (which was a bit hairy in the
moonless night) we ran into a bunch of squalls this morning. After trying to
cope with our #5 spinnaker (the chicken chute) we found we had to run off so
far we were heading back to New York during the squall. Now we have the
trusty jibtop up, beam reaching with SE F4. The squalls appear to be done
for the time being.
Down below has officially been designated 'the sauna'. We are waiting
(hoping?) for Mrs Whiplash to appear with birch twigs.
For some reason our position reporting has not made its way into the ARC
system during the last few days. I hope it has today.
Our treats today were biltong, licorice allsorts and blackcurrant energy
drink. When we were making the drink one of the bottles had a seal at the
top. We knew it was a seal because it was balancing a red ball on its nose!
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