POSITION REPORT ON SATURDAY 3 MARCH 2018

The Alba Chronicles
Neville Howarth
Sat 3 Mar 2018 09:50

POSITION REPORT ON SATURDAY 3 MARCH 2018 AT 0700

 

11:27S 20:03W

 

So far we've done 885 miles with 915 miles to go to Jacaré, Brazil. We did 130 miles in the last 24 hours.  We have 10% cloud cover and 10-15 knot ESE winds.  We’re sailing wing-on-wing doing 5 to 6 knots with a 1 metre swell. Here's what we did yesterday and overnight.

 

2 March 2018   St Helena to Brazil (Day 7)

Groundhog Day.  Beautiful fluffy clouds all day.  Steady breeze in the morning - sailing at 4 to 5 knots. Wind picked up in afternoon - increased our speed to 5 to 6 knots. Gybed main to port. Wind dropped a bit at midnight, so back to 4 to 5 knots boat speed.  A beautiful full moonlit night.