Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Adventures of Allegria & Crew
Peter Lansdale
Mon 27 May 2024 11:34
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34:55.7N
068:27.7W
So Saturday night brought us another Light
Show enhanced by 2 short, sharp and very heavy showers. Surprisingly warm
after they had gone through. Sunday dawned
blue skies and sunshine and the crew are still in shorts and T shirts. We
got some nice sailing in today, but two of us are still awaiting delivery
of our sealegs and movement around the boat
presents a challenge at times. All sailing has been on a close reach so there is
considerable heel on the boat. Living at 45 degrees can be
difficult.
Dinner done and dusted [chicken curry for those
interested] and we were getting ready to settle down when a teeny worry happened
when the wind dropped and we decided to motor. The engine ran but
then stopped but an issue of air in the filters quickly fixed...so not
a peaceful nights sail so far but fingers crossed. Skipper celebrated
engine fix by spilling 2 consecutive cups of tea over the cockpit...we have put
him to bed until he needs to be up for the midnight
watch.
Sunday
morning. The wind has picked up nicely and veered somewhat so we are now sailing
on a broad reach (wind more behind, boat more upright) and making good progress.
These first few days have been slow due to the light winds, as expected, and we
have sailed quite a bit south mainly to take advantage of favourable eddies in
the gulf stream and to get south of some strong winds which are expected very
soon. We are headed towards a point at 34degs 40 N and 66degs W which seems to
have significance for our guru. He has certainly been good up to now so we are
following his guidance closely.
For anyone interested the
problem with the genoa the other night was an almighty riding turn on the
furling line. In the end easily sorted.
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