Azores to Scillies Saturday 8.6.13
Persephone... Cruiser/Racer
Nigel & Karen Goodhew...
Sat 8 Jun 2013 17:14
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It iis 1700 UT here and we have had another day of
slogging to windward in the famed Bay of Biscay.
Our goal has been to get to the east of our rhumb
line, so that we can tack on an expected windshift which will then lift us up
nicely to our objective, which remains St Marys in the Scillies.
The weather has been great for sailing, albeit with
slightly larger waves than you might ordinarily request. We have had sun and
wind....but it is cold.
This morning brought a new issue to contend with.
Our water tanks managed to empty themselves into the bilge...something we will
have to investigate when we are upright.
Beating to windward is slow...we have discussed
this before, but when you are tantalisingly close to the end of a long passage,
the mental torture seems all the more harder to endure. One measures the
remaining journey time by the number of remaining nights at sea, and we have
at least two more before the Scillies are reached.
Waiting for the shift...hpefully
tonight
Position as at 1715UT 47 05.392N 009
24.588W
All well
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