34:50.6N 059:10.7W Midday Fix 20 May 2010 Pull Over For A Hamburger
Oboe D'Amore's Web Diary
Nigel Backwith
Thu 20 May 2010 14:20
2010
View our progress on Google Earth at: http://blog.mailasail.com/oboe
GPS Position: 34:50.6N 059:10.7W
Sea Miles (previous 24 Hours): 170nMs
Sea Miles to date: 1,410nMs
Present Course Over Ground: 095°M
Present Boat Speed 8.6kts
Average Boat Speed (previous 24 hours): 7.1kts
Average Boat Speed to date: 6.3kts
***Velocity Made Good (VMG) to date: 4.8kts ***
Estimated GPS Position in 24 hours time: 36:19N 056:11W
Sea State: Calm
Wind Speed and Direction: 14kts SSE
Barometric Pressure: 1015mB
(VMG - An accurate measure of the average velocity achieved to date along
our chosen rhumb line from Antigua to Dartmouth, UK)
Everyone remarked about the "sameness" of the day as the hours ticked by.
It would not be true to say that we are bored, however. Simply that we are
on top of things for the time being. Rig checked, heads cleaned, laundry
hanging out to dry and meals planned. Routine has set in and this is a good
thing.
I reflected part way through the day on what to put in the blog that would
continue to attract the reader's attention and drew a bit of a blank until I
heard whispers of a special dinner. Could it possibly be that Ryan and
David truly had burger and fries in mind? Where is the nearest McDonalds?
Where is there a lay-by for us to pull into? Answer, using the last of our
fresh minced steak from Bermuda, topped off with bacon, cheese, mushrooms
and oven roasted wedges, we heaved to into the nearest lay-by for a Mc
Lloyd-Jones! Bizarre happenings mid-Atlantic.
Nigel & David
Date: 20 May 2010