The Genny
SPALAX
Marjan Golobic
Sat 28 Nov 2009 14:41
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The Genny, our watermelon-red asymmetrical
gennaker is showing off her stuff, pulling us across the Atlantic at
up to 9.67 knots. We finally reached the latitude of the Cape Verde Islands
and that's where the trade winds kick in. We are downwinding with a steady
13-22-knot north-easterly under sunny skies. So far not a drop of rain.
Minor power supply and spinnaker pole problems apart, we are really
beginning to enjoy the ARC. In the past few days we cought four fish, but
today no luck.
The batteries seem weak and we ran out of distilled
water. I guess, we'll just have to make some. The spinnaker pole is stuck at the
mast and we are still working on how to get it loose. We don't really need it at
this moment. Saw some flying fish but no dolphins yet. Oh yes, forgot to mention
that Mujo, our Hydrovne automatic wind pilot, working like a horse for us day an
night if necessary, doing an excellent job, perhaps zig-zagging more than a
human, but still giving the crew a rest.
After a rather rocky start, this is turning out to
be a real pleasure cruise.
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