8th December
Simanderal
Michael Hughes and Ger White
Sat 8 Dec 2007 22:15
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Looks as though the rough weather has now passed in
front of us.........though still wet and squally. Boats ahead of us now
reporting the conditions we experienced a day ago and having gear and
rigging failures. One non ARC boat dismasted and the crew picked up by an
ARC competitor; one guy being evacuated to a cruise ship with a head injury.
First boats will hav e arrived yesterday and to day.
We have calculated our aarrival time between 5pm
Thursday and 9am Friday with the latter more likely.Will update
daily.
Life on board is wet.......wet clothing and humid
so nothing dries out.......including us!! Boat rolling a lot with seas and
because we are running headsail only. Means verything takes longer to
do......but thats as welll as time needs to be filled.Good spirits on board but
we're all keen to get there. Mentally we're just counting down the miles now and
can nearly smell the rum punch !!
Hope tomorrow brings some sun,
Seadog,
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