ARC - Day 3
Rainmaker
Donald Macdonald
Wed 25 Nov 2020 15:38
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Position 26.08N 22.40W
Yesterday afternoon engage the services of Harold,
he did well for about 5 hours then it was time to take over again. Last night
just about as got dark took spinnaker down. Could have carried it another couple
of hours but would have probably had problems getting it down as when the wind
increased it was quickly and also that hand steering by then would have been
difficult getting the sleeping crew up. Good early decision we
think.
The wind built during the night and now we are steering
270, with full main and jib with wind 110 apparent. True wind staying in the
18-23 knots with gust upto 27. Regularly surfing at 11-12 knots with a little
over 15 knots.
For the time being staying on 1 hour sleeps at a time,
it does mean helming stint normally 1 hours 20 minutes with other jobs that
require doing such as writing blogs, weather updates, cooking, boat tidying and
inspections.
More sightings overnight of migrant boats we could hear
over the VHF, nothing during the day. Only one yacht we can see on AIS that is
racing, visually only see water and waves.
Dinner this evening maybe meatballs in sauce if not too
rolly to spill, with vegetables, baguette followed by pineapple rings in
juice.
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