Transatlantic Passage Day 15, 25 January
Petronella
Sat 26 Jan 2013 11:14
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12:19.66N 59:09.10W
A night and day of clear weather interspersed
with the occasional line squall coming through. Many pass us by either side, but
when one passes over us it is a case of reducing sail area in good time, stowing
the bimini, if up, sitting it out and getting wet! Luckily they are easy to spot
both by eye and radar.
 Squall,
4 miles away approaching from astern . This one gets us! It is
the radar contact bottom left, other squalls can be seen around us.
We sighted two ships today, the first seen for
eleven days. One, out of Gibraltar bound for Port of Spain was happy to chat to
us on VHF. The other was a bit grumpy, may be about being woken up! Our noon to
noon run was 132nm so progress has slowed a bit. 135nm to go so if all continues
to go well this could be our last night at sea for this
voyage.
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