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Farr Gone Blog
Stuart Cannon
Fri 19 Aug 2011 03:42
The sailing is brisk and fun. I'm so tempted to put up a kite as the speed would increase a lot but then I'd have to get it down and that is very risky on your own. Still it's fun without it too. Making excellent progress today. Passed Recife Petrie this morning at first light and am about to enter la grande passage which sounds very impressive but it's actually just big. Then there is a bit of a minefield of banks and reefs to sail around. While there is 700 nm to go that distance will probably increase a lot as there is quite a bit of zig zagging to do.
Farr Gone has averaged 7.5 knots for the last twelve hours so we are in the running for a good score today. I believe though the wind will change going through and out the other side of the passage as the island of New Caledonia apparently effects the wind markedly.