Wednesday 7th July
Vaquero
Wed 7 Jul 2010 12:02
|
My position Wednesday 7th July at 1200UTC is 41
23.8N 26 28.8W
I am still stuck in the glue pot of the Azores
High, very light breeze and very slow progress. I think it was Gandhi who
observed that 'there is more to life than increasing its speed' but right now I
could do with a little more speed. The wind has slowly backed overnight
and is now blasting from the NW at force 1-2, so it is difficult to even keep
the sails filled in the ever present swell - lots of clattering and
banging from them slatting to and fro. Nevertheless we are still making 2
- 3 knots, so that's better than being completely becalmed. I suppose I
need a huge lightweight drifter, but finances dictate otherwise and at the
moment the wind direction is too shy for my spinnaker. I don't even have
enough speed to charge my batteries with the water generator and the solar panel
is mostly in the shade of the mainsail, so that doesn't help much.
Patience is definitely needed. And a good
library.
|