Bonus Day
Moorglade's Voyage
Ted Wilson
Fri 28 Jun 2013 16:47
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Our Position is 39:28.87N
39:20.64W
Distance logged in the last 24
hours 98Nm
Distance from Flores
374Nm
We are still sailing to windward on starboard
tack. Up until 21:00 yesterday we were making about four knots in more
or less the right direction, but then as John's watch started the wind dropped
and backed into the East. We were not surprised the gribs had
predicted a calm patch. John held on for a while making slow progress and
slipping North. After all starting the engine would have woken the skipper and
we have had these short lived calms before from time to time. Things started to
improve on Jim's watch and by the time it was my turn at 03:00 the wind was back
in the SE and a rising. For the rest of the day, it is 15:15 now, the wind
has stayed in the SE and strengthened enough to give us 5 plus knots. A bonus
indeed bearing in mind we were expecting to be motoring. Fingers crossed it
continues a while longer.
At home I never touch wood or cross my fingers, but
out here I find myself doing it all the time. Fate seems to play a major role
and I'm not prepared to tempt it. I can see why the old sailors were a
superstitious bunch.
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