49:41.022N 006:19.087W
SV Eleonora
Michael A. Andronov
Sun 15 Jul 2018 04:46
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UTC 0414
3946.1 nm... gone. According to
computer -- we are ~52 miles from the turning point to harbour...
Still motor sailing....
The night brough some wind... not enough to propell
the boat, but enough 'to stabilise ' our motor sailing, and to add a
couple of kts...
Somewhere NNW of us -- the first real UK land
mark, Bishop Rock..., and ahead, about 6 hous -- the Lizard point...
My major concern now -- the amount of fuel,
and the amount of wind... Ironically, I can do nothing about neither of
them...
Interesting enoug, why are people picking items to
worry about, which they can do nothing about, at least at
the moment ?
Is it a sign of some something ? Like
super tightness ?
I'm still pushing, and I'm still rushing... For the
reason unknown, actually.
Because the trip has been already too
long? If I take the whole distance from Antigua -- it woul
be approximately the same distance as I have
travelled before with the boat... But in two legs, now...
In the past, each previous passages were the
pretext to next one, longer one --- RI & Norfolk and Norfolk
& BVI, for example...
I still remember the passage from USVI to St.
Martin... my first 'famous' beating againg the wind, ~115 nm..., I
remember that 'interesting night' ... But now -- it is causing a smile...
;-)
If the pattern keeps holding, what is the next
destination ? ;-) Do not want even to think abou it...
Early morning... Appearance of the
Sun... no birds, but radar shows a plenty of ships... small ones,
like fishing boats... Some are seen by the nacked eyes...
No AIS... though the big ships -- are shown by AIS
alright...
We are moving, we are progressing.
Talk later,
M.
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