3rd March - Strong wind finish

Rhumbrunner
Fri 3 Mar 2017 18:59
Last night we stayed reefed down expecting strong winds which did not arrive till this morning at 0600. The result was slow progress. The wind that arrived has been blowing strong all day but it's allowed us to sail direct for the bottom of Tenerife. We still have the genoa rigged with manual reefing and it's working fine.

Currently the wind is up to 30knts NE and the seas are building all the time towards 3mtr. That is not normally a problem as I'm sailing downwind but going upwind is not so much fun. Still, it's sunny and we are about to have meatballs :-)

250nm to La Gomera & 200 to Hierro

Current Position 3/03/17 17.40 UT 28:18.4N 021:47.4W

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