sailing to Madeira
Sarah Grace goes to sea
Chris Yerbury and Sophy White
Mon 12 Sep 2005 15:35
Lisbon to Madeira, 9th to
??? September
Hello all, we are in the
middle of our biggest sail yet, on day three, having averaged about 125 miles a
day since leaving Cascais, Lisbon. We dithered around not sure when
the moment to cast-off was best, first no wind, then fog, and finally we just
left willy nilly, albeit packed to the gunnels with food and water, on Friday
evening. Mimi was sick for a day or so but then recovered and wolfed
down a bowl of fried rice, and the rest of us have been ok (very slightly green
improving to fine after day two).
There is a lot of sea
around us, we are running downwind, with a northeasterly behind us, making
between four and six knots. Chris and I are taking a six hour watch each
at night, and splitting the days into shorter bouts. The sea is quite
phospherescent, and we leave a starry wake, mirroring the milky way
above.....Flushing the loo in the dark is much more fun too, with whizzing
glowing green flashes when you pump!
Otti says,'Once you've got
over the tummyache, it's just a bit boring. Mum's got us these cool DVDs.
Mimi had a sleepover in my cabin'.
Mimi says,'It's a bit
annoying and a bit tummyaching on this long sailing journey, and I haven't seen
anything yet apart from waves, and I hope you are all doing good in England,
love from Mimi'.
Chris says,'Everyone doing
very well, obeying orders, no mutinies yet. It's the first time that I
haven't felt seasick at all on a yacht passage, yippee! We hope to be in
by tomorrow evening (Porto Santo,
Madeira)'.