9th December
Seaspray
Tue 9 Dec 2014 13:41
Noon position 19 14N, 26 19W, day’s run 121, DTG 160. The last twenty four
hours have been a bit of a slog as we are trying to make way into a headwind
under motor, and occasionally using the yankee and/or staysail to give us a bit
of a lift into the wind.
The intention is to work on the jobs Thursday and leave Friday morning, as
some of us have an important rendezvous in Barbados after Christmas. The weather
is very much a mixed bag. We had thunderstorms last night and today it’s
overcast and warm, but it is definitely very un-tradewind conditions. We are
hoping for more favourable conditions when we leave Mindelo, on Sao Vincente on
Friday.
In the meantime, a nice warm shower tomorrow night with a shandy or two
sounds a very pleasing prospect! |