Long nights planned
Row Across The Pond
Richard Hoyland and Steve Coe
Wed 2 Dec 2009 12:30
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Good training for this epic has been the
broken nights sleep with wakeful considerations
of our environement and conditions we are to endure.. But by
comparison to the pending reality, it is relatively simple to operate a
normal days acitvities without the sleepless nights having too much of an
effect. I think our wives, families and even
our work colleagues might say otherwise! Hopefully, it hasn't been
that obvious? Life without such a challenge is already seeming far
from ..........?
We will have to keep the routine of broken nights
sleep for many days in a boat 23' long...
We have now equipped ourselves with a route to
follow. In effect we will head predominanlty west with a bit of south
chucked in for good measure.. currently sitting at approx' 28 degrees north and
17.5 degrees west. Antigua is our ultimate focus with alot of mini goals
(not islands) in between. We have allowed approx' 60 miles above and below
our course to steer to allow for leeway or drift...
Once again the weather and the seas will have their
say in what course we will track and how many nights we will have to
endure....
Thinking of you all back at home and
thanks for all the messages of support.. keep them coming
One more thing, we have been working on the boat in
the marina on a daily basis and already terra firma has a little wobble..
what will it be like after many days at sea???
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