Three Men in a Boat

Christine's Atlantic Circuit
Peter Lansdale
Thu 24 Nov 2016 08:36
24:01.4N 22:41.9W
 
Just after dawn Thursday 24th November.
 
Overnight we have been making good progress with the 2 genoas poled out as we run towards 20N 30W which at the moment is our chosen waypoint. The wind keeps changing frequently though, which always seems to push us further west which is nearer to St Lucia but we want to get south to try for the trade winds. The forecast is for a very large area of little wind towards which we are heading.
 
 
Lunch on board yesterday
The picture shows us in the little bit of sunshine we have had. Most of the time it has been quite cloudy.
 
Everything is going well, the fruit is ripening at an alarming pace. We have been eating bananas, mangos and pineapple as fast as we can, not to mention  the large number of red peppers we have on board. But food has been excellent, harmony is excellent and for 3 men on a boat Christine is quite tidy.
 
Yesterday we tried all manner of sail combinations to try to sail our desired course rather than where the wind wants to take us. Briefly we had the large parasailor sail up but as soon as we had it flying the wind increased to 24 knots and we had a major job getting it down. This was made worse by the rope which had been fastened so the skipper was struggling mightily until Peter suggested we release it and all the problems we solved. Better clear thinking required by the skipper. Today might be the day to try again!   Peter (the clear thinking skipper)