Day 27 - The Mid Atlantic
Nenne
Tue 28 Nov 2017 16:29
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18:36.731N 048:20.882W
We are now well past halfway to St Martin from Cape
Verde. Yahoo!!! It's like the celebration of 40 days to go in the days of
conscription. The home going countdown has begun.
Although the actual distance from La Rochelle to Cape
Verde was longer than that from Cape Verde to St martin, this leg does seem to
be dragging on. Days of nothing but blue sky and blue seas.
Last night we again had a little rain and we are
beginning to see clumps of Sargasso seaweed, always a pain if it gets caught up
in the propellor or rudders.
We have taken to checking up on the position of the two
ARC fleets who appear to be having a rough time of it with very light winds.
Some of the boats are doing just 2 knots and they are stuck in the middle of
nowhere. Thank heavens we have enough diesel and we can motor into St
Martin.
Don and Audrey will take on supplies in St Martin and
when we leave on the 8th they will sail on to the BVI for the final preparation
for the first charter.
Current thinking of the 'Brains Trust'on board is that
we will arrive on Sunday 3rd December. Roll on Sunday.
The current scuttlebutt is that last night on Duncan and
Jeremy's watch a 'Big' object (flaming!) appeared in the sky and proceeded
across the horizon where it broke up into two pieces before disappearing behind
a cloud. Jim thinks it was space debris. Sounded very dramatic.
Regards
Alan
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