Azores to Scillies, Thursday 6.6.13
Persephone... Cruiser/Racer
Nigel & Karen Goodhew...
Thu 6 Jun 2013 17:59
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Last night brought some fast sailing in
relatively flat water. We popped a reef in the main and changed down to our
small headsail for the night.
Shortly after dark, the Swedish yacht, Liberator,
with whom we had a seried of VHF conversations, slipped across our bows from to
windward, and continued off eastward.
We have stuck to the rhum line to
Scillies.
The phosphorescence last night was a thing of
wonder. The boat seemed to be riding on a fiery carpet, and the bow wave
illuminated by bright lights. Equally stunning was the light show offered to us
from 30m astern, where the propeller of our faithful towing generator created an
additional show in the water.
Today has been a story of building wind, and
shortening sail. The sun came out this afternoon too and we feel motivated to
press on.
The sea is lumpy, but not as lumpy as the mid
Atlantic when we were on our way to Horta.
Current position at 1800UT is 45 47.104N 14
46.554W
All well, and 400 miles to
go!
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