Ile D'Oussant
Minka of Southampton - Cruising Log
Edmund Wigan
Thu 16 Sep 2010 13:43
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Position: 46 36.34N 6 38 75W at 1330 UT on
16.09.10. Course 033 speed 5.5SOG.
Minka has made good progress in pretty flat seas
with just enough wind to help. We have not used as much fuel as we expected so
are now aiming for St Peter Port, Guernsey as our next stop.
We are now about 125nm SW of the Ile D'Oussant
which is the little island off the NW corner of France. We expect to go between
that and the mainland at about this time tomorrow.
I did a few sums yesterday and then we had covered
1,110nm since leaving Mazarron measured by GPS but 1209 measured through the
water. This means we have had a net 100nm of tide/current against us so
far.
It is very quiet out here with no ships in sight or
evren radar range. The weather is till kind to us and I m certainly not
complaining about an easy passage across Biscay.
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