Days 2 - 3
Sonas
Malcolm McPherson / Rich Butterworth
Mon 30 May 2011 20:27
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Position 22:34:1N 058:38:7W
Sill heading generally NNE
It's still hot during the days even through some very
heavy rain squalls, Benedikt's example in finding the most
appropriate clothing to cope with the conditions has not been followed by James
or myself.
 You can see why.
Progress towards the Azores has been
hampered by the generally light conditions but we have made steady progress
with a few bursts of good speed when the wind does pick up and I'm
still hoping to arrive around the 12th -14th.
James, our fishing "expert" has had the
rod out during the day, the score so far being, fish 1, James nil. The fish
scoring their point by swimming off with our best lure, this has spurred James
into upping his game by putting out 3 lures on one line thereby increasing his
chances of a catch, I did point out that it also increases the likelihood of a
fish hat trick! but he remains optimistic that we will be having a fish supper
soon.
Life on board has settled into an
easy routine with watches being run as 3 hours on, 6 off, the watches pass
quickly as we are kept focused on maintaining best speed through frequent tweaks
to the sail trim and course to cope with the variable wind conditions. Yesterday
I started showing James the rudiments of celestial navigation horizon to
horizon cloud cover today has meant that we've had to put this on hold until we
catch a glimpse of the sun again.
All the best from the crew of
Sonas.
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