Sailing on
Sarah Grace goes to sea
Chris Yerbury and Sophy White
Thu 31 May 2007 09:58
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Chris had told me at the
start of this trip that we don't do "up hill" sailing. I always thought that "up
hill" sailing refered to sailing against the wind, but as that is all we ever
seem to have done, I'm sure his analogy wrong. The past 60hrs or so you could be
forgiven of thinking that we were actually sailing in the U.K, as the rain
and winds were so bad. A Canadian boat sailing close to us and also heading for
the Azores/Britain, asked what we thought of the weather and Chris remarked that
it was exactly like the U.K, except warmer, he is now thinking of going
somewhere else.
What a difference a day
makes! Twenty four hours ago we were battling into 30Knt winds, and now we are
running before a light breeze with calm seas under a full moon that makes the
whole scene very beautiful. What makes it even better is that for the first time
on this leg we are actually pointing to the Azores. Life definitely takes on a
new pace at sea and you measure your progress in so many ways. A couple of days
ago we passed the halfway mark from Mexico to the Azores, distance wise,
which actually makes you realise how far you have to go but by the weekend we
will have passed the halfway mark for the whole trip, if the weather stays kind.
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