250 Miles under our belts
Christine's Atlantic Circuit
Peter Lansdale
Tue 22 Nov 2016 12:09
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25:45.8N 017:57.4W
So here we are on a beam reach cruising along at 7
knots with 250 miles completed. However,, it took two spells of
motoring before we found this consistent wind - we just have to hope that the
weather forecast is correct for the next 4 days, and that, by the time
we are halfway across, conditions in the Caribbean Atlantic will have
improved (i.e. more wind). Anyway, halfway across is well beyond our time
horizon just now.
So far life has been uneventful, we met the
locals briefly - first a pilot whale and today some dolphins came past.
Unfortunately, they didn't stay long enough to pose for a photo.
We are now halfway through the food prepared before
departure with stew the first day and pasta al Ragu on day two. It has
become a race against time with the fruit. the mangos were wonderful and
the half pineapple excellent after the lunchtime soup (home made of course, and
strangely similar to a diluted liquidized stew) and salad. Bananas are
more of a challenge. The reassurance that the green bananas would last is
no longer convincing since they are already over ripe and need
eating.
The other yachts are gradually disappearing, initially
it required constant lookup while now there are a just couple on the horizon
with others still in AIS range.
Signing off for today,
The other Peter
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