A Normal Day

Ostra on the ARC again in 2016
Ritchie Gatt
Thu 27 Nov 2014 18:44
Position 1200 UTC +0100hrs 27th November  23:46.00 N 21:43.00 W
The fact that there is little to report today is probably a good sign that things are going OK. We’ve made good progress with the wind mainly from the north and have been reaching a bit south of west and logged over 170 miles in the last 24 hours.  We’ve changed our ships time so our clocks are one hour behind the UK.  We’ve had a sunny morning and although not really very warm yet it’s still very pleasant.  A bit of cleaning and sorting this morning as well as some garbage management.  We are a bit disappointed with how some of the fruit is lasting or perhaps I should say not lasting.  We went to great effort to wash it and pack in nets but some including our prized pineapple have let us down.  Lunch was consumed with relish......by 3 of the crew anyway as it was fish caught yesterday.  Still planning a course between the light winds to the south and the more lively and adverse winds to the north.  Quite a large swell of up to 21 feet predicted in some adjoining areas.