Day 8

Oyster Moon
Paul Foskett & Rhu Nash
Sun 4 Dec 2011 12:06
Position 17 37.22N 041 35.96W

Day 8 on the 4th December 2011

>From 12.00 UTC on the 3nd, to Noon on the 4th December, distance travelled Noon to noon run was 134 miles

Distance to go to just south of the island is 1,156 miles.

24 hour sailing report

The wind has maintained a speed from 10 to 18 knots and but the direction has changed from 100 to 144 degrees. This has made the sailing slow and we have been changing direction all the time.

We sailed with the genoa and main fully out, but the boat speed was very low only 5 to 5.5 knots all day and night, hence the low distance travelled over the last 24 hours.

No rain over the last 24 hours. However during Rhu's watch, she had a rain squall pass about 4 to 5 miles to the North of us. What a lucky break as when a squall passes by, the wind direction can change through 360 degrees. This will make the sailing very interesting for an hour or so.

Not much wild life 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 148 miles ahead of us in Oyster Moon. Moin is about 67 miles behind with Marita 111 about 51 miles behind us.


More news on the next noon report

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