Update from Lake Atlantic
Hanse 540
Mon 30 May 2011 14:55
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39.00.90 N 33.15.11 W
no wind in sight. we are now caught in the middle
of the azores high and it seems to be moving with us.
Fuel is down to 13% left with 212 miles to go, the
figures don't quite add up.
We are about to use the first extra diesel jerrycan
secretly stashed in the garage.
John and I keeping busy, we started to work on the
do list that is waiting for us once we reach destination.
we have come across a few yachts that chose not to
motor and had a chit chat on the VHF and hand waiving.
The event of yesterday beside the constant visits
from dolphins was a whale that probably decided to check us out. As we were
reading our respective books this giant thing poped up from nowhere on starboard
swimming parallel to us at a distance of about 25-30 m it was huge.....
that got us on our feet quickly. It gradually swam away but we had time to grab
a picture although it is hard to guess where it is going to pop up
next.
This morning we ran into a sea turtle, bumped it
out of the way and it was most displeased that it had to swim out of our wake,
it seems it needed a few more swimming lessons anyway.
it looks like we are going to be caught up by some
wind later today or in the night but we have now learned to be cautious with the
forecast as the azores high seems to be doing what it likes when it likes with
no respect for the hard work the met office people are putting
in.......
until next time
Laurent
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