Blog update 7 June

Sadko
Martin Lamport
Thu 7 Jun 2012 20:12
We are running under spinnaker again today, having got it up after a lot of untangling this morning.  We have been averaging over 6 knots, rolling down the south west trade winds all day. 
 
Yesterday we had tried goose winged with the genoa rigged onto the spinnaker pole with a long tackle.  But the  proper spinnaker is faster.  Noel is doing a superb job steering most of the time.
 
Our position now is 27 deg 33 min North and 62 deg 50 min west 535 miles into our passage.  We are cutting off the Bermuda corner and aiming to head up in a great arc to the high 30s north and then to run off the remaining eastings to Flores.  That is the way the wind seems to be taking us.
 
We established reasonable radio contact with Herb's long range weather net yesterday, so hope to have regular updates from him as well as grib files.  I am still working on setting up the radio e mail.
 
No fish caught yet and we had to take the lures in as they attracted a determined sea bird who ran along the water after them.
 
Signing off for now
Martin