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Whisper
Noel Dilly
Mon 26 Nov 2012 20:02
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"Soon Be There - 26th November"
Only 466 miles to go! Yesterday, we sailed
138 miles in 24 hrs, our best speed yet. We have a force 4-5 pushing from
behind us and the sails goosewinged. The swell from the ocean is helping
us along too, occasionally pushing us over 8 knots. The sun
is shining. We have a light hearted competition on board to see who gets
the "99" miles during their watch, last night I got the 499! I wonder who
will get the final "99"? Or more importantly who will be the first one to
see land.
The stars at night are glorious and interestingly
enough pass up and right over us, instead of their usual arch up and over to the
west as we see at home. Twice I have been caught in the early hours
of the morning thinking that I have seen a light from a ship approaching from
the east, but it is Venus rising up from the horizon behind
us. In the early evening we have Jupiter, closely followed by Mars, they
really are beautiful creating their own beam of light. Even the bright
light of the moon cannot obscure them from our view as it does many of the
stars, it is so bright. Once the moon has set the sky becomes alive with
twinkling stars once more. Shooting stars are regularly seen, either
dropping straight down or shooting across the night sky. The most I have
seen, during one night watch, was seven.
We have only seen one Sheerwater in four days and
apart from flying fish there has not been any sign of wildlife. We did pass a
cruise liner last night but apart from that the ocean is deserted but very
beautiful.
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