slow progress
Moorglade's Voyage
Ted Wilson
Sun 14 Jul 2013 13:50
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Our position is 42:08.525N 26:59.526W
Lunchtime yesterday we were still sailing close
hauled on starboard tack, whereas now we are running before a very light breeze,
with cruising chute set, as we progress slowly up the west side of a high.
during the night we resorted to the engine to keep moving. Light winds have
their benefits, easy cooking, showers, well for two of us, and a calm
sea.
Our daily distance run has been taken from the trip
log of our chart plotter and, while we have thought it, in the past, to be
optimistic, it was not until this morning that we decided the gps was not to be
beloved. Checks confirmed it was set to nautical miles and not kilometres.
We have decided that when the boat is moving slowly the sideways movement of the
swell and waves is significant and the chart plotter adds all that up. In future
our distance run will be based on progress made to a way point and not from the
trip log.
We have just finished lunch and are feeling drowsy
in the midday heat.
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