Thursday 17th August 10:40
The Adventures of Tin Man
Andy Topp & Steve Arnold
Thu 17 Aug 2023 09:56
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43:27.7N
008:22.2W
what three words - error.feed.chunked
562 miles done
On my (Steve) and Sam's 12am to 3am shift last night we
saw very little in terms of boat activity. Our nearest vessel passed over the
horizon some 15 miles away - we could not see it but just got a weird glow
on the clouds from all the lights. We did however spot land for the first time
as the far distant lights of northern spain created a nice glow on the horizon
ahead of us. We also passed the 500 mile mark sometime around 4am and despite
our intention to mark it with some kind of naff ceremony (on these graveyard
shifts you need something to keep you occupied) we ended up completely
forgetting, Still it was a momentous moment in of
itself.
In stark contrast when Andy and Will came on at 3am they
had a flurry of activity dodging container ships and the early morning fishing
vessels, and they managed to get the sails out and sail a bit which gave us down
below a bit of a break from the engine drone.
We are now just an hour or so from A Coruna and looking
forward to turning the engine off, having a shower and then doing some
exploring.
We are now also back in phone signal territory so I will
try to update instagram at zome point with some of the highlights of the last
few days (sailing_tinman).
We have a long list of jobs to get through whilst we are
in port but we should have some time to chill and see the town. Our skipper,
Glenn, has been brilliant and is really knowledgeable about a lot of things so
whereas some of these things would take us a while to figure out thankfully we
have his expertise we should rattle through the jobs in no time.
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