Lazy Sunday
Snellevliet
Sun 23 Jun 2019 16:13
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Let's start that the pasta yesterday didn't
fly.
Weather was not optimal, with 30+ kts overnight. The
main was double reefed and we put up the smaller genua. Seems all quick, but
knowing that waves are crashing, wind is hauling and clipping on with lifelines
it takes hours.
Throughout the night it was sailing as a safety measure
of what might come. A low pressure system, actually two where closeby and with
the instruments dead, it's guessing what we have to deal with.
Around 05:00 UTC the wind calmed down a bit
and at 07:30 UTC we took the reefs out of the main and hoisted the heavy
spi.
The sun came out and was just a nice break. Taking
shower on the deck, get rest and dry the clothes, tidying up the inside was
needed as well, with wet spinnakers all over the place.
In the afternoon the wind was enough to drop the heavy
spi and hoist the medium. He is doing just great. Cruising in the atlantic like
that I take every day.
TIme to do better with the cooking then, With some left
overs a bolognese was improvised. Some vegetables in the fridge bought in
Falmouth were not so pretty any more, others where ok.
All in all a woth a pasta it tasted just fine.
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Now we are at the height of Arcachon about 600 NM to the
east, we must start thinking on how to approach Falmouth. Another
worry....
 tomorrow we'll have a better picture of
that.Less then 500 NL to go now, it is coming closer now and
try to make up where we lost terrain.
So, looking back, to this the Sunday was not so lazy as
initially thought, but are back in great shape, catching up on sleep is
next.
You'll have a great weekend ending while we enjoy this
beautifull atlantic day.
Fair winds.
Jan
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