GWYLAN BLOG : Wednesday 25th November
Gwylan
Charles Manby
Wed 25 Nov 2009 18:50
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Dear Readers,
It is now our fourth day at sea and we are settling
into a routine. We are now in the proper trade winds which are blowing 15
- 20 knots from dead astern. This makes for easy sailing in a beautiful
boat like Gwylan and we are making a steady 8 knots, almost in the right
direction.
We are now sailing under white sails, including the
staysail.
The next way point (20 degrees North 30 degrees
West) is about 300 miles away.
The fleet has spread out now so the VHF chatter
from other boats has almost died out and we have seen just one ship all
day.
Due to the thorough preparation all our systems are
working well so we can spend time addressing low priority tasks :
* Nicky has found that the ice tray needs
fixing,
* Lara has taught Tom the Dutch card game Farmer's
Bridge,
* Charles has finished another one of his
books,
* Carsten has caught up on some sleep and is having
such a good time that he didn't even bother taking his sunglasses
off,
* James has had an amazing new experience, a hot
shower on a sailing boat,
* At the daily sunsight competiton Tom lost his
crown as King of Astro Navigation, but will be back in action
tomorrow,
* Lucky the Bear also has been given the day off,
so he spent his time slung up in a hammock along with the bananas
in the saloon,
* The new flat screen TV is going to be put through
its paces with a showing of 'The Incredibles' this evening.
Fishing resumes tomorrow as we finished the last of
the dolphin fish at lunch. We saw our first flying fish to-day jumping out
of the waves just in front of the boat.
Wishing you all the best,
The Crew of the Good Yacht Gwylan
(21 degrees 55 minutes North 023 degrees 51 minutes
West which is about 300 miles North of the Cap Verde Islands)
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