3 December
Boardingpass
Sat 3 Dec 2011 12:27
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12Z 16 13.8N 047 27.3W
Since yesterday's jybe been far flatter sailing
which means everyone has been getting a better sleep. Good winds have kept
up and our daily run was 184 miles.
Caught up with a couple of cats on the ARC - one
has a two man crew and the auto helm has just packed up. Feel very sorry
for them. The other's main has broken & they're sailing under
spinkier. Touch wood, we're doing well!
After 2,000 miles of sailing and only seeing others
in the distance, came very close to another yacht last night!
Their lights appeared and came progressively closer. Got spotlight
out and reckon they were crossing ahead within 200 yards of us. Tried to
hail on VHF but were ignored. Thankfully they passed safely in front of us
and sailed into the distance. Wonder if someone was asleep on watch!
An exciting moment for us in the middle of the night though. Interesting
discussion on COLREGS as we were on stbd jybe and they were crossing 2 sail
reaching on port showing sailing lights.
Weather superb today and wishing the ice cream van
would stop by!
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