Wednesday evening, 18th January 17 22.750N 35 28.336W
Persephone... Cruiser/Racer
Nigel & Karen Goodhew...
Wed 18 Jan 2017 19:09
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When we booted up our tired and emotional wind
instruments this morning, we had confirmation in digital form of the fact that
the breeze had indeed been building slowly but surely, overnight, and that 20
plus knots of breeze were pushing us along.
We slabbed in a reef and pressed on with a degree
more comfort, and that has been the situation ever since.
Our new wind pressure contributed to our second
highest daily run of the trip at 151 miles, measured from 1500 each day. Since
1900 yesterday, we have logged 153 miles. We have almost a knot of current with
us, called the northern equatorial current, and it certainly helps. But the
increased wind has also kicked up an impressive quartering swell, which makes
life interesting on board. Very rolly!
There have been more dolphins today and our haul of
flying fish found on deck in the mornings has increased to 4.
We have been sitting on the side getting our feet
washed by the wake of Persephone and the water temperature is a steamy 24
degrees.
Tomorrow, all being well, we will pass the half way
point, and start the countdown to our destination, Bridgetown, now just 1400
miles away. In Fastnet terms, that's just over 2!
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