Morning

 

Sue just thinking ahead could you have a look at the sail clear web site and see if you can fill in the forms we got ask to do before Arrival St Lucia to help speed up the paperwork

 

otherwise all is good here with crew and JK at the moment just bobbing around in no wind :c

 

Thanks

 

Todays blog by me, Please read over it and change what ever you like

 

 

Our route plan has too change all the time with ever new grib file {weather file) we download and i spent time over looking them trying to make plans for a fast route to St Lucia. we started off with a north route following the rumb line and making good time and heading west but as the days passed the north route looked blocked with light winds and we took a gamble that we could get south while we had wind to try and get below 20N  (600nm south from where we were) where we hope to find the trade winds to take us the rest of the way we now find ourselves 130nm north of that target with light winds ahead over the next 48 hours.

 

Today is a very sunny windless days after heading south from our far north route but just because no wind life on a race yacht still keeps going.  The daily jobs of clean the heads twice a day cleaning the floors walls and deck still happens food still has to be cook and then clean up afterwards logs to be fill in but those slow days also give the crew time to do some washing and wash them self's with a bucket of salt water on the rear deck and then a little fresh water to wash down. The rails are covered in drying washing after 8 days at sea and crew reading books on the low side but the light wind don't mean racing have stopped with the on watch team trying to get the yacht moving is a direction we like to go the crew moving round the yacht as slow as possible to keep the movements down

 

Let hope for some wind to help us soon

 

Gareth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S.Y Jua Kali
Performance Yacht Racing

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