Cosy toes
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Fri 29 May 2015 02:15
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29:14.78S 176:28.983E
Friday 29th May 2015
Distance run so far: 250nm
Distance run Day 3: 124nm
Total distance run: 374nm
Conditions have improved somewhat with lighter
winds and flatter seas. Main problem is the number of squalls we are
surrounded by every morning which prevent us using the sails to the full as it
is impossible to tell how much wind they have in them. Yesterday afternoon
and for about an hour today we have been between squalls and so getting up a
reasonable speed. And staying dry for a few hours. Sounds like fun
doesn't it?
We are once again sailing in company with our good
friends Mary and Rod on Sheer Tenacity, and were pleased to see them appear
behind us yesterday morning. We kept pace with each other pretty much all
day, and Steve got this shot of them as the sun went down last
night.
 Sheer Tenacity pass us at
dusk.
Yesterday we had our first cooked meal of the trip
- neither of us had fancied either making or eating one before then. Not
that we hadn't eaten, but just grazed on what we fancied when we wanted
it. But beginning to get our sea legs now so it's chicken curry
today!
It's starting to warm up a bit, though still cold
in the wind and at night. We're still wearing full oilies for night
watches, and are both pleased with our new Spinlock life vests, which are more
comfortable than the old ones. When it's dry I can be seen sporting my new
'passage slippers' which keep my feet wonderfully warm. At $5 they must be
the best bargain I got from Warehouse in our entire time in NZ. They were
actually two pairs for $10 so I expect Pepe on Beez Neez has cosy toes
too!
  Enjoying a brief bit of sunshine in a messy
cockpit!
Cosy toes!
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