Noon Position: 43 50.6 N 065 42.1 W
Course: Northeast Speed 4knots
Wind: North nor-west
Weather: Overcast, cold, No Fog (for now) Sea: slight
Day's Run: 99 miles
Last night, two words: bloody awful. The barometer had bottomed out at about
7 pm, the frontal system was passing through and with it rain, cold and
light variable winds. We spent much of the night drifting and rolling badly
in the seas left over from the southerly of the previous few days, possibly
exacerbated by being over a trench in Brown's Bank. Everything was damp and
cold, me included, and going on deck in the rain was definitely not a
highlight. The motion on deck and below was atrocious, rolling and hobby
horsing, anything not tied down rattling and clanging. Once everything was
secured I retired below to curl up under the sea rug with Bob Cat who didn't
seem too perturbed by my dampness, I was grateful for this little ball of
warmth to help thaw me out.
At 3.30 am I stuck my head out of the companionway, our motion had eased,
the rain had stopped, the good old Australian flag was standing out steady
on the backstay, a good indication we had enough breeze to make sail, which
we duly did. The wind was on the nose but with everything sheeted in firm we
were still on the lay line for Halifax.
Now the wind has backed a little which has allowed me to ease sheets and
Sylph is doing a very comfortable six knots to windward. So all in all we
still managed to put in a respectable 99 miles for the day. Halifax is 120
miles away, the forecast is for it to go light tonight so I expect we will
be arriving there sometime Wednesday.
All is well.
Bob Cat:
Us tough old sea cats, a bit of dampness never hurt anyone, just as long as
you leave me below to stay dry and warm skipper Bob can get as wet as he
likes. Though I wish he'd dry off a little better before taking over the
bunk.
The food is still atrocious. He tried to serve me some mush out of a can
today, if it isn't hard tack its gruel.
Still if I stay warm, and conserve energy we can get by until something
decent turns up. With this in mind, Zzzzzzz
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