A lot has been happening
Oldnick
Mon 24 Feb 2003 11:56
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Where is the
langour now I ask? We've been going 10 days now and have covered 1400
miles..just 3400 to go. I hope that the next10 days has only a fraction of the
activity of the last 10. Two days out of Cape Town and we were in a Gale. We
were "pooped" heavily such that the cockpit filled - luckily the washboards were
in and so below remained relatively unscathed. Ian was at the helm and flung
into the wheel, whereupon he bruised his ribs..still sore 8 days later but
getting better.
The
self-steering has packed up and so we are helming all the way now..no big deal
as there are 4 of us to share the workload, and Ian and Bill are quickly
learning! And last night as I was putting the finishing touches onto a tuna
casserole for dinner we noticed that the mainsail had a 15 foot rip in it. One
and a half hours later we had the new mainsail on and could enjoy
dinner.
Apart from
that, the weather has been very tropical. By that I mean it has rained and
rained. This morning we had a downpour similar in intensity to what we had in
the doldrums..amazing! The weather has been quite warm as well which is odd. We
are currently at 41 degrees South, 44 degrees East and enjoying some rare
downwind and sunny conditions...hope they last. Something positive is that we
have been enjoying a current of 1-2knots for the last 3 days which is helping
progress a lot. We had a 198 mile day 2 days ago!
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