Upwind
Blanshard
Tue 15 Jun 2010 14:37
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Position 37 33.26N 027 13.53W log reading
14830.5 distance covered 125 miles
The wind finally picked up from the south east
which is where we are heading - unfortunately that means tacking, so
with one tack overnight we will be heading another 100 miles or so on this
tack before everything starts sloping the other way. We had got used to a
flat boat with all the downwind sailing so to now be living at 30 degrees of
heel we start climbing our way through the boat again. Working in the
galley is challenging but some plastic mats seem able to stop a plate from
sliding at almost any angle - we need them on the floor!
The sun is shining, fresh chicken sandwiches for
lunch and 9 knots of wind all is looking good in our visible 900,000 acre
domain! (we worked that out before lunch - sad?) No-body in
sight.
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