Day 14
Oyster Moon
Paul Foskett & Rhu Nash
Sat 10 Dec 2011 14:23
Day 14 on the 10th December 2011
>From 12.00 UTC on the 9th, to Noon on the 10th December, distance travelled Noon to noon run was 168 miles (log 10520)
Distance to go to just south of the island is 317 miles.
24 hour sailing report
The wind speed varied from 3 knots up to 33 knots during the last 24 hours. We have gone from sailing to motor sailing, back to sailing, back to motor sailing, and finally back to sailing again. As you can see the last 24 hours has been very variable.
We have had rain squalls all day and night, some passing directly over us and other missing us.
The rain during the squalls was incredibly heavy, and had the effect due to its intensity of flattening the sea for a short period until it passed.
The latest weather forecast gave little wind for the last 24 hours and the same for the next 48 hours. How can they get it so wrong, as from about 2000 hours on the 9th we have had winds from 20 to 33 knots.
So the last 24 hours has been a combination of sailing and motor sailing. This has made the sailing /motoring slow again, as can be seen in the noon to noon distance.
Not much wild life again day today, just flying fish and a few sea birds.
We are now sailing in company with three other boats, Moin a German boat about 40 feet long, and Marite 111 also 40 feet and Karacool the 53 foot CAT who is also one of our group boats.
We all left within about an hour of each other. Karacool is now 169 miles ahead of us in Oyster Moon. Moin is about 136 miles behind with Marita 111 about 107 miles behind us.
More news on the next noon report
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