New Caledonia - Lord Howe 6th September
Questionable Logic
Ewan Briggs
Sun 6 Sep 2009 02:56
Position: 29:56.72S
160:03.40E
The good news is
that we're allowed to continue to Lord Howe - turned out to be my
misinterpretation of the email. So we're all pleased about that. The weather has
closed in again, we've barely seen a patch of sky for about 24 hours now - thick
cloud, raining about half the time and the wind is back up to 25kts. We're just
over 100miles short of Lord Howe, which is directly downwind of us now, so we're
gybing our way towards a well earned rest (and hopefully some dry and
warmer weather for a couple of days). We're back to two reefs in the main
and still got the trusty #4 jib up. It's been a slower day overall, but we've
done close to 200 miles again. It is noticably colder. We've all been pulling
out the fleeces, hats, boots and thermals (where we have them!) and sleeping
bags deployed at night.
Mao hasn't been
feeling his best but is soldiering on - no doubt looking forward to a break more
than the rest of us.
All being well,
we'll be safely tied up to one of the mooring buoys by mid morning
tomorrow.