Position Update N31:14.94 W33:07.67
PASSEPARTOUT
Christopher & Nirit Slaney
Wed 9 May 2012 21:17
At first light we took down the storm jib and opened our big head sail. We have been surfing down wind all day at an average speed of 7 knots, finally towards Horta.
We have still some distance to cover, a little bit more than 480 miles, but as Chris says "Think of it as Herzlyia to Marmaris. I like his way of thinking.
Yaeli is already designing a picture for us to paint on the harbor wall in Horta; a tradition adhered to by the hundreds of yachts transiting Faial each year, everyone adding their own design.
Huge waves are still rolling us around, just as it was on the crossing from Cape Verde to St. Lucia almost two years ago. This breeze is forecast to stay with us for the next forty-eight hours and then the wind will switch to something like north east putting us close hauled for the final stretch. Hopefully we wont have anything like these wave heights to contend with as we go upwind! But it's not over till it's over. We must not lose concentration and have to stay alert at all times as usual.
No fish today, which is a blessing if you ask me, as I just cant see Shmulik fighting to bring a fish up to the boat in this swell. Tomorrow night (Thursday) we will be on the Radio again. 'Tziporei Laila' with Odeia and Natan at 23:30 Galaz 96.6. This time we will try to convince Yaeli to go on air and tell listeners about the messages in the bottles she's been casting into the ocean...
Nirit