Day 4
Kahia
Paul and Catherine Davis
Tue 22 Nov 2011 15:33
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20:40.77N 22:00.88W
Our position at 13.45 UTC with 239 NM to Ilha de
Sal.
A steady force 5 made it a very pleasant night passage.
Catherine saw an electric green explosion in the northern sky, trailing north
west just before 03.00 UTC. It made her heart race as it lasted
longer than the odd shooting star and was larger in size and extremely
bright.
On Paul's night watch, while adjusting the hydrovane he
noticed in the wake of the natural phosphorescent trail another
phenomena of bright flashes of light coming from astern.
As we are writing recalling the events of the night the
wind is a steady force 6 with gusts of force 7 and huge waves crushing once and
a while over the coach roof.
This morning Paul spotted another yacht in the distance,
which is the first boat we have seen since the Canaries four days
ago...
On the AIS we also noticed another yacht some 26 NM
behind us, too far to see.
At breakfast we listened to Sara Tavares (Thank you
Sabine for the album: "Balance"), a Cape Verdean singer to get us in
the mood. We really look forward to seeing the islands soon.
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