Azores to Scillies 4.6.13
Persephone... Cruiser/Racer
Nigel & Karen Goodhew...
Tue 4 Jun 2013 20:23
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The predicted shift of the wind to the north didn't
come, which goes to show that electronic weather data can only be considered
accurate for 2 or 3 days. So we have continued down the rhumb line, in reducing
wind, but consistently from the south, making the passage very
comfortable.
Our daily run for the 3rd day as 161 miles but
since the end of that 24 hour period, i.e. 1030am this morning, we have
progressively slowed down.
The swells out here are impressive, but they are
swell, as opposed to waves. Persephone rides up and down as if on a
merry-go-round, and it seems we have more wind at the top of the swell than we
do at the bottom.
The weather has turned from sunny to grey this
evening.
Our position at 2015UT is
43 36.465N 19 21.768W
All well.
One of Karens pizzas for
supper.
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