Off Ushant

Salila
Peter Ablett
Sat 30 Jul 2011 11:32
Noon position 30/7/2011 48:40.9N   006:08.87W
 
All is well.
 
The weather is very pleasant, but we could do with a little more wind, at present we have been motor sailing for 23 hours, and it looks like we may do so for some time to come yet. Jayne did a fantastic curry last night, then Larry and I did the night watches of 4 hours each. its now pretty hot, with no waves or swell to speak of. we had “The Naughty Sail” up for 5 hours, but even that is now no help as we have 2 kts of apparent wind. We’ve been monitoring the fuel consumption (we just have one engine running at 2,400 revs, making 5 kts), and should easily have enough to motor the whole way if we have to.
 
Message from Larry for Fiona, its “Music of the Spheres” weather (yes he eventually discovered how to work the stereo)
 
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