DR to Bermuuda, Sunday 21.4.13
Persephone... Cruiser/Racer
Nigel & Karen Goodhew...
Sun 21 Apr 2013 20:47
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The last 30 hours or so have been pretty restful
for the crew of Persephone. Although we slabbed in a second reef last night, the
wind dropped from around 16 knots at dusk to 12 knots at dawn this morning. So
today, we have progressively increased the sail area we offer to the wind gods
and the good ship has progressed well along the rhumb line to
Bermuda.
This is day 4, and our trusty Aquair towing
generator has proved so efficient that our batteries remain topped up despite
continued use of the amp hungry fridge and the autopilot..so much so that the
engine, which has been a primary source of battery recharging, must be starting
to believe we have already arrived home, and will only use it every 5 days or
so!
The water temperature continues to fall as we
progress north..it is now down to 22 degrees C, from 26 or 27 in the DR and
BVI's. However the skies are clear and bright and currently free of
squalls.
We have seen one ship so far, which graciously
diverted it's course to starboard to let us proceed unhindered, proving, perhaps
that motor does give way to sail on the high seas after all.
The noises in the boat have been tracked down...the
new cracking sound has been traced to a jar of pasta sauce rocking in the
bilge!! Water ingress in the earlier feisty conditions has stopped...we
think it is coming in from somewhere up forward in the boat...and will have a
longer look when we get to Bermuda and can unpack the sail wardrobe which is all
stored up there.
Position as at 1630 local, 2030 UTC is 29
59.534N, 65 35.786W
SOG 6 knots, COG 024 T
All well
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