37.05:19N 35.04:31W
Tioram 4
Tina & Tony
Tue 25 May 2010 15:29
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Date 25 May Time 11:00 boat
time
Horta 328 miles away
Hello from Tioram
Well Happy Birthday Tina. She says its good to be
40 ish! Celebrations are planned for later today as cake and grog has been
ordered from the Horta yacht delivery service!
The wind over night has gone very light and moved
behind us. We are still motoring with poled out main and genoa to keep our speed
to Horta. The promised increase in wind has not yet happened but should do
sometime over the next few hours and then we should have over 18 knots for the
rest of the trip.Tioram will do well over 7 knots in those conditions. The
downside is that we may get some rain as the two fronts cross over
us.
As we have been motoring for the last 24 hours the
opportunity to catch up on sleep and domestic duties has been seized by many.
The night is actually now quite short with a full moon most of the night and
dawn coming up on ships time before 4:00am. This means that night watches are
enjoyable although full wet gear is required due to the damp. Dolphins continue
to play around the boat on a regular basis and seem always to do some new tricks
to keep us amused.
Considerable conversation is expended about the
fleshpots of Horta and the world famous bar visited by many transatlantic
yachties. The skipper apperas to be calculating landfall at a time when the bar
is open.
Otherwise a very quite day so far, awaiting the
delight of James's home cooking as he bakes Tina's birthday cake later on to
today.
Perhaps more later.
Cheers from Tioram
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