Fw: ARC + 14
1000knights
Sun 5 Dec 2010 18:19
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From: 1000knights
To: ARC Europe
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 4:30 PM
Subject: ARC + 14 Hi All
Today the breeze is about 12knots true. We
are making due west in the hope that we will pick up the better winds in this
latitude (12degrees) earlier than those to the north. The grnoa is poled
out and we are goosewinging making 4 - 5 knots. With about 1500 miles
to go we want more speed. It will be interesting to see if the strategy of
coming south will beat those to the north. The leaderboard could be turned
on its head!
James is having a bad day fishing so it is pasta
again tonight.
We are struggling to master the Hydrovane with only
Lawrence being able to get any performance out of it. It may come into its
own in stronger winds we hope.
I have been posting blogs daily but the Iridium
signal drops outs frequently. I am wondering if when I think a blog has
gone it has not actually done so. Iridium catch you for loads of minutes this
way.
Skipper
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