Titania Day 8 update: half way!
Titania
The Dobbs family and friends
Sun 2 Dec 2018 20:37
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18.10 88'N 37.55
95'W
Today, at very close to our start time last Sunday,
exactly seven days ago, we passed the half way point between Las Palmas and St
Lucia. This means we have now have only 1350 nautical miles to go to the
finish.
There is the beginning of an air of excitement on board,
as we now feel we are on the final straight, which means all being well we can
expect to be tied up in port on either next Sunday or Monday, dependent on fair
winds.
We took the decision before the start to keep to using
GMT, the same as UK winter time. As a result, while the sun set for us at 6.15pm
when we set off, we are now watching 8.15pm sunsets. A photo of tonight's is
attached.
Although much of our fresh fruit and veg are running out
we are certainly not short of food. There is still plenty of onions, frozen meat
as well as dry goods.
Today we flew the spinnaker all day with consequent
effect on our speed. Tonight we are back to goose-winged genoa which is
more stable and comfortable at night.
While we try our best to get speed out of Titania,
ordinary life continues as usual. So we are all squeaky clean after daily hot
showers and in clothes out of the washing machine.
So while it has been a fairly routine day on board, the
excitement is making us all the keener on what is for all of us our first
trans-Atlantic crossing under sail.
Robin
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