At sea "7:1.35S 125:50.15W"
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Wed 2 May 2012 13:45
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Have at last got out from under the frustratingly
slow moving rain system that has bedevilled us for 36 hours, with light variable
winds and drizzly showers. Rapid progress to the west now resumed. ETA
(about!) Monday next week.
Alison spoke last night to the very
pleasant Indian crew of a Japanese ship taking sawn timber from Chile to
Kawasaki - the first vessel we have seen in 14 days. They likewise had seen no
other traffic until encountering us since leaving Chile. Strange that in all
this empty ocean our paths should cross so closely that they had to alter course
to avoid us. As a sailing vessel we have right of way, but you always have to
radio up to check that they're awake & alert because several yachts have
been run down by cargo vessels that hadn't seen them. Just as well that she
did too - they had mistaken our white masthead light for a
star.
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