Fw: Day 3
Quesera
Wed 26 Nov 2008 00:26
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Very low wind, sad to say - 4/6/kts through the
night and not much better by mid day. We flopped through the night with the
Parasail, experimenting with how much main to have at the same time. We have
reefed in the main to second position so as to get some wind but not blanket the
Para. We also tried sheeting the main right in which made the Para set better
but also reduced speed.
The trouble with this speed is that the duogen
doesn't generate enough to keep the electronics in equilibrium,
therefore around mid-day we had the engine on to recharge the batteries at
the same time as making more water.
Not much to photograph so I thought I would let you
see the dawn coming up. I wish though you could have seen last night's sky which
was truly impressive!
   Yes, its a lovely day, but still not much wind. We
have been coaxing out every ounce that we can. However we have covered 240
miles since the start in a South Westerly
direction
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