Sunday 11th July

Vaquero
Sun 11 Jul 2010 12:45
My position Sunday 11th July at 1200UTC is 45 42.9N  17 52.7W
 
It's pouring with rain, a miserable grey day, grey sky, grey sea and we're running down wind in SW 7-8 with just the storm jib up.  I decided to reduce sail after hitting 10 knots with the No 3 and in the process realised that we were still doing 3.5 knots under bare poles.  At the moment we're doing a comfy 5 knots and it looks as if the wind is easing a bit.  However the barometer is dropping fast so I expect there's more to come.  Thank goodness I'm not having to go the other way!
 
The good news is that we are steadily ticking off the miles and the GPS  reports only 578 to the Lizard, so if the winds allow about another five days.  Looking forward to green fields and cold beer.