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Whisper
Noel Dilly
Sun 28 Oct 2012 13:18
"..... on our way again - 27th October"
 
We ran up Whisper's engine again this morning, just to be sure all was ok and finally left Quinto do Lorde Marina at 10:30.  We set the sails straight away, but as there was not enough wind we kept the now happy engine running.  After an hour or two the wind increased, the engine was turned off and we had a cracking good sail with 9 knots of wind on our beam and heading in the right direction with a speed of 5-6 knots and a very calm sea.  The sun was shining, although Madeira's peaks were shrouded in cloud, we had been frustrated at not being able to leave Madeira sooner, but todays sail made it all worth while waiting for. 
 
Our next planned stop will be the Selvagem islands, but this depends on our sped of progress as there is another storm approaching our area and we would like to be tucked up in Santa Cruz (Tenerife) before its predicted arrival of Tuesday.