Rolling on.
Moorglade's Voyage
Ted Wilson
Wed 15 Dec 2010 13:02
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Our position is 13:15.37N 50:18.68W
24 hour Run Log trip
(through the water)
148.0Nm
24 hour Run GPS (overground) 152.8Nm Midday wind and weather Force 3 ESE Sunshine, some cumulus clouds Sea
state: no swell
with small following waves.
Temperature: 30C Distance to go: 538Nm We seem to be very much in a routine, now that the
weather has stopped sending us little surprises. Although the wind speed is
quite moderate the relatively passive sea state combined with our biggest sail
area is giving us decent runs each day. The wind direction is also proving
satisfactory. It veered for most of last night enabling us to make a few miles
to the north. Of couse the sea is never calm out here and the underlying motion
is from our starboard quarter so the rolling is a constant part of life on
board. Every 5 mins or so the waves just hit the natural roll frequency of the
boat and she does 3 or 4 violent rolls before settling back to the steady
penduluming.
We are now running our last passage waypoint, which
is a couple of miles south of South Point Barbados. This means the chartplotter
displays, like distance and time to go, are particularly
relavent. However one has to gaurd against being selective about
the TTG readings. I guess it is human nature to give most weight to the figures
one wants see. At present the display is showing times between 50 and 100
hours as the boat climbs and then slides down the waves.
It may be routine but that is not to say there is
not plenty to keep us busy, but I think by now you have got the idea of what we
do. Sail, navigate, cook, eat, wash up, clean, shower, wash clothes, maintain
the boat and sleep. We continue to do all that, but with the added incentive of
watching the last 500, of what has become a more than 3000 mile sail, slip
by.
EJW
PS We are glad we not aboard Remedios. They have
been at sea about a week longer than us and have been beating
into strong winds for the last few days. With only two on board they must
be getting tired. Their ETA Florida is about the same as ours for
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