Trip Update - 26th May 2009 Azores-UK Day 4
Position: 43:01:00N 23:50:40W
Another easy day today. We had a fast night, nothing scary, but
Nutmeg was in her stride and creaming along under full main & jib. It was very cold and very damp – I’m in
2 fleeces and a jacket. The wind
eased at dawn and gradually the damp air has been replaced by drier stuff. I did get down to shorts & T-shirt
for a time today! The wind has
stayed constant in the SSW at around 15 kts, which is
nice. It’s funny, but there has been
absolutely no wildlife of any kind today – strange after seeing so much over the
past couple of days. There aren’t
even any birds! We are very much on
our own right now. I have just cooked a curry which
went down well, and I’ve got the first watch, from 1700-2100. The sun has just set and it’s quite a
nice sunset with pinks and blues.
Yesterday it was grey and dull so it is good to see some colour. I can see the tiniest sliver of moon
from where I’m sitting at the chart table.
Nutmeg is creaking away as the waves roll under
her. Then its three hours on three hours
off until 0900 and then four hours on, four off, so the whole system takes 48hrs
to repeat. It seems to work well
and I am getting a lot more quality sleep than I did on the Transat. I suppose I am not having to worry as
David is quite capable of being left to sort the boat out on his
own. For amusement, I’ve been watching
our progress in terms of latitude against the European coast. We started out from the Azores at about
the same latitude as Cascais, and we’ve been slowly making our way up the
Portuguese Atlantic coast, albeit 650 miles offshore. As I write, we’re about level with
Camarinas. We’ve got about 800
miles to get to the Western Approaches and the start of the Channel, but about
1000 to get to the That’s all for
now. |