Day 17 of Atlantic Crossing
Swiftwing
Tue 11 Dec 2007 20:17
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Lat/Lon at 1200 GMT: 15:23.04N
44:49.07
It's been an eventful day
today. We passed the 1000-mile mark,entered a new time zone, showered,
fixed the self-stearing gear (this time a block came off), did some extreme
washing (Neil's shorts and my towel made a break for freedom, the shorts made it
but don't worry, he has a spare pair), changed the rig - taking down the
main and mizzen and making use of the twin headsails - and had a can of
Coke. Alan even found time to splice a few parachutes and get some extreme sun
bathing done and Neil had a false fish alarm.
With the headsails up we are
not so stable so the rolling has begun again - noone is expecting much sleep.
Dougie and Beverly are still in the corridor (no chance of us sneaking anything
from the fridge then) and us occupants of the stinky peak will be hanging
on to our lee-cloths, or else fighting over the couch in the
saloon.
Tea tonight will be something
pasta based by the look of it, a shame, as I found two frozen par-boiled tatties
in the freezer today wich could've been put to good use otherwise.
The occasional rain shower
has caught us off guard but it seems nothing compared to the ARC reports. It
seems our skipper/navigator/cook was wise to take us to the tropics early on,
the more northern boats have suffered from lashing rain and severe winds -
dispite our best efforts, we couldn't shed many tears for them!
John
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