Fw: At last the west wind does blow
Silver Bear
Ray Lawry
Tue 1 Jun 2010 10:13
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From: Ray Lawry
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:50 PM
Subject: At last the west wind does blow 37:55.0000N 37:56.2220W
Spent a good night surfing waves with following SW
wind. Good deal of rain but that matters not, at last we can make some progress
eastward to the Azores. The washboards were in and we took a few waves over
the side just to make things interesting. The only downside is that with 33
knots of wind the boat is moving around somewhat making it difficult to sleep,
particularly in the back cabin which is like trying to sleep on a
bobsleigh.
The dolphins continue to pay us regular visits and
put on a particularly good show for us yesterday, riding the bow-wave and
jumping clean out of the water. There are different species vaying in size and
athleticism, but they're certainly very social animals swimming in
formation and brushing gently against one another at terrific
speeds.
We are now 320 miles from Flores the first
Island of the Azores and hope to arrive in two days time
 "Is dinner ready?"
 Tony steers another straight coarse.
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