Rain!
Moorglade's Voyage
Ted Wilson
Sat 11 Dec 2010 13:16
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Our position is 13:29.09N 40:11.95W
24 hour Run Log trip
(through the water)
146.5Nm
24 hour Run GPS (overground) 148.6Nm Midday wind and weather Force 4 ENE Sunshine with frequent heavy showers Sea state: Significant swell with some big waves. Temperature: 29.5C Distance to go 1131Nm I have just read Johns blog for yesterday to see
were to start today. I have to say I found the description of the Moorglade
watchkeeper amusing. I particularly liked the image of our conscientious chaps
constantly striving for every fraction of a knot to get home to loved ones for
Christmas. I guess it played well at home.
In the interest of balance however, can I give you
a slightly different one.
Reading, listening to music and podcasts on the
IPod, snoozing, wandering off course, stargazing and dreaming of the best not
reported have all been used as devices to make a night watch pass more
quickly.
Day time watches also have their distractions apart
from in depth expert discussion about politics, economics, TV programs from
yesteryear (we can never remember the names though) there are other games. One
that occupied the crew the other day was which female celebrity could tempt you
to join her in a life raft. Of course the rules needed defining, sea state,
duration before helicopter rescue etc. Glen was on the ball with this one, but
some of the older crew members seem to overlook the fact that the blondes whose
names they could remember would now be wrinkly grannies or at best a credit to
their plastic surgeons.
To be fair the last 24 hours have been different.
It's not that the thoughts of our nearest and dearest have been tugging at out
hearts, it's just been bloody windy and sailing the boat has demanded 100%
attention. Fear is a great motivator.
The underlying wind speed has been in the low
twenties but frequent rain squalls passing over us have brought periods of up to
high 30s over the deck, so true wind gusting up
to gale force. Our twin headsail rig makes shortening sail an in
cockpit, one man process even in the dark
It seems to be calming down now and at present no
black clouds behind us. Fingers crossed for a pleasant day of fast
sailing.
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