Monday 16th January 18 41.165N 30 51.531W
Persephone... Cruiser/Racer
Nigel & Karen Goodhew...
Mon 16 Jan 2017 18:56
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Today has been a better day. Yesterday's
frustrating night of 7 knots and big waves, is well behind us and we have been
able to sail proper VMG angles downwind today, especially this afternoon. We now
have a practically ideal 13 knots of wind.
We are still headed south west to skirt around a
dead patch in the wind to our west. I think we might have enough southing by
dawn, so we'll decide if and when to gybe after breakfast.
Life on board is settling into a comfortable
routine; the film nights continue, thanks to a veritable surplus of electricity
provided by Jenny and although we have now munched our way through all the fresh
meat supplies we brought, there is no shortage of variety or quality from the
galley. Lunch today, for example, was gazpacho. Tonights corned beef hash may
hold few secrets, but perhaps I'll report on how that went when I update these
pages tomorrow.
And we haven't touched the frozen meat we have
stashed in the freezer. Freezer!? I hear my fellow Sigma 38 owners cry....surely
that puts Persephone out of class?....well fear not, it's just best use made of
the little cooler plate box in the top of the fridge. We have forgone the luxury
of iced drinks, in favour of a small amount of long term meat
storage.
Our friends on Win2Win are in touch by email,
boasting of daily fish catches. We are not fishing. 2 reasons; 1. don't like the
messy end game and 2. Jenny is towed constantly behind the boat, and there might
be conflict if two lines are streamed.
Anyway, It's great fun out here, a little like one
of those all inclusive holiday resorts, where everything is included, paid for
in advance and the management strongly advise you not to leave the premises
during your stay. But....we are still dry, in every sense.
1000 miles completed, 1692 to Barbados and the
Mount Gay factory!
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