Day 2
Sadie
Sun 24 Nov 2013 17:11
27:04.4N 15:38.9W
Hi all.
Most important details first. The bread is in
the oven and there is Coq au Vin in the pressure cooker, so all's well on the
good ship Sadie.
First watches kicked in at 10 o'clock last night
with 3, 2 hour spells for each of us in the cockpit. The weather was good
to us and we sped through the night under clear skys at about 6 knots in the
right general direction.
For the sailors out there, we have spent the
day beating into a westerly which wasn't on the plan but we are heading
southwest for the Tropic of Cancer at about 23 degrees North / 30 degrees west
to pick up the Trades (we will let you know when the butter melts and we can
turn right !)
The rods have been out but even the "guaranteed to
catch tuna" lure that Tim bought in Fuerteventura and the one from Dave Smart
with a similar guarantee have failed us. The weather has got up a bit
and we have given up on tuna for today.
Tim has been the message king today (Shout out to
Barry) after Jez hogged it last night with reports in from his family (and he
still hopes that numbers 1 to 3 are behaving themselves ) - Ricky has
been too busy with learning to sail for messages given that this is only his
second boat trip.
It's been tee shirt and shorts here all day so I
hope that the winter weather is holding off back
home.
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