Blog 29. At sea but only 130 nm to go. 10.04.42S 136.48.45W
Alcedo
David Batten
Sat 19 Mar 2016 04:34
Friday, 18 March. Today started with depressingly little wind, so little in fact that we motored for a short while. Murphy's Law has worked overtime all day, so engine on, wind increased, engine off, wind decreased until the squalls started again. Ship's Boy was on the helm for the first one and, quite rightly, suggested we would be better off with twin headsails so we did not all spend the night watches in a panic about gybing when the wind got up in the squalls. So 2 hours and one squall later, we had the twin running sails up and were enjoying 10 knots of boat speed on course for Hiva Oa and with 100 nm to go. The Garmin has produced an arrival time and now we are worried about arriving in the dark, so are hoping the wind will drop again. Like all sailors and farmers, we are never happy with weather.
We are all keeping our fingers crossed for Aldon Horse Trials this weekend and hoping for good weather and happy punters.
As I post this we have 79.1 miles to go so expect to arrive with the dawn.
Alcedo
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