Position 14:44:00N 70:08:00E
Intsomi
Thu 21 Aug 2008 11:30
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21 AUGUST 2008
Arabian Sea - Indian
Ocean
Day 7 of the Crossing As our course turned to the South East, the wind
veeered with us and we have been sailing goose-winged for nearly 24 hours.
We are now making well over 6 knots and are ahead of our passage plan by half a
day.
After our next waypoint, in less than 60 miles, we
turn a little more towards South and will then be on a direct
heading (South East) for Cochin, with less than 400 miles to run.
During the night the wind was rather fitful and the sails were flapping and
banging. We have seen quite a bit of chafe on our spinnaker sheet which is
being used to pole out the genoa (or as Clive Tunbridge might say, our thick red
bit of string is frayed). We have also damaged the genoa sheets as there
are some sharp edges on the deck mounting for the inner forestay, but we will be
able to sew up the damaged parts and use them for a while at least.
The latest thing to "retire" on this trip is the bilge blower.
Its a fan that sucks hot air out of the engine compartments and is not critical,
particularly as we aren't using the motor much, although it willl need
replacing in Malaysia. So far we've done nearly 100 miles without the
engine so this has been a "green" trip up till
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