Position 14:34.69N 49:49.63W
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Christopher & Nirit Slaney
Mon 3 Jan 2011 16:44
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Sailing guru Jimmy Cornell wrote in his book, World
Cruising Routes, that yachts on the trade wind route across the Atlantic should
expect at least one day of calms. Well, we had one day yesterday and I hope
there isn't going to be a repeat. We wallowed through the hours of darkness
barely making any progress. At 1000 UTC on the cruiser net I heard yachts
north and south of our position report much the same conditions. A few yachts
well east of us all mentioned 15 to 20 knots of easterlies, so I assumed this
breeze would eventually come our way. It has. By midday we were sailing again
and making around 5 knots. The sky is filling in with cumulus cloud, the
breeze is steady and hopefully it will stay with us for the last 700
miles.
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