30 12.07N 070 29.64W 5.1 Kts at 089 degrees
Pipedream
Sun 31 May 2009 21:34
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Hi everyone. We are about 300 miles
south and west of Bermuda. We have managed to dodge most of the bad
weather and are currently having more trouple finding wind than I had
thought. Just picked up today's weather and it looks like 5 kts of wind
all the way to Thursday. We'll just all have to start whistling.
Temperatures have cooled and it is really nice up on deck. We usually have
two of us on watch at night. One guy pretty much sleeps while the
other checks for ship traffic and makes sure the sails are set
properly. Rehsus, the autopilot, has been doing a faultless job and
checking the radar once every half hour or so makes sure nothing within 24 miles
will surprise us including the occasional rain storm.
Expermientmented with a coulple of different sail
combinations. Had the genoa out on the wisker poll - not enough wind to
make it go right. Have the crusing spiniker up now that seems to be the
ticket for this set of conditions.
We are down to eating our caned and dried foods for
now as the refrigerator has been dead for a couple of days now. Chef Phil
says tonight's feast is rice beans musroom and kippers surprise!
Fruit cocktail for desert and could be served with your choice of vintage white
wine. The best part is he can cook in 10 foot seas. He is
slaving over the microwave right now.
George says he has discovered pains in places he
never thought he had.
Chris is groving to his ipod hope he brought enough
songs. He tried to get through a Steven King series but turned out
not to like it.
I have been keeping busy reading manuals on all
this stuff that is supposed to work together to make this adventure safe and
easy.
More to follow - have to get ready for the big card
game tonight. We'll try to get some pictures out to spice up the copy
next.
Wayno out'. |