Blog 3 from Sadko, Tue 5 June 0800

Sadko
Martin Lamport
Tue 5 Jun 2012 12:14
On Sunday night the wind dropped off and we had to motor for 18 hours, which was a pain, but I am determined to keep to schedule and cover 100 miles each 24 hours.
 
The high points of yesterday were getting the spinnaker aloft, which took us along at a steady 6 knots in light airs.
We put it away for the night, but hoisted it again this morning after a bit of a struggle and we are blasting along at 7 knots.
 
The other first was making radio contact with Herb's long distance Atlantic weather net.  We listened to several other boats and exchanged information ourselves.  The outlook seems quite promising to cut off the Bermuda corner in a day or so and commence making some serious easting.
 
Spliced the mainbrace with G&T and settled down for a quiet night.  Noel, the wind vane performed satifactorily after a bit of tweaking.
 
signing off
Martin