Blue Wonder - Friday 26th November
Rapier 550 on tour
Mark Jarvis
Sat 27 Nov 2021 15:10
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24 18N 26 07W
We are pleased to have escaped the worst of the weather
to the North of us - it was unpleasant for us and I hope the others aren't being
battered too much! We are now in much lower wind strengths but with quite a lot
of swell running. The boat is riding all of the conditions really well and very
pleased with the choice of hull shape and layout for this type of trip.
The sail plan is Asymmetric Spinnaker and full mainsail
in 6-10 knots of wind with 5-6 knots of boat speed but the wind
direction means we can't get back to the direct line to St Lucia just
yet. We are choosing to sail pretty deep with this sail plan with reduced
boat speed but better CMG to St Lucia.
On the upside, we had a great dinner to celebrate
getting under 2000 miles to go today and enjoyed a full table service from our
Swiss Chef de Cuisine!
Mark
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