At sea "17:51.62N 67:28.66W"

VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Sun 1 May 2011 23:37
We are now in the Mona Passage, a 75 mile wide gap between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Weather is unpleasant - drizzle, big waves, not enough wind and some lightening storms (getting hit by lightening at sea is not a nice experience, and unfortunately not uncommon). We keep our spare radio in the oven during storms so that even if the rest of the electrics get fried the spare will be OK - because as you will all doubtless recall from your school physics lessons, Faraday showed that the charge rests on the outside of a charged conductor - so anything inside a metal box is protected from lightening.
Arrival in the Dominican Republic now delayed due to lack of wind - we hope to be in a day later than planned, around lunchtime on Tuesday.