34:14.48N 13:35.57W
Svmagnum
mark barr
Sat 29 Sep 2012 09:55
Just passed the halfway point, had some good sailing so far, but also our
fair share of squalls. The rain within these random clouds is amazing, it comes
down so heavy that it pretty much flattens the sea, along with the rain the wind
gusts up as well. Yesterday we had our strongest and most sustained wind speed
since we left the UK, just shy of 40Knts for a couple of hours, Magnum loved it
surfing along at 11knts at times. (Amanda not quite as keen !)
Full moon last night and it light up the sea like daylight, pretty
amazing.
We have seen 2 boats, an off course swallow and very little else apart from
huge Atlantic swells chasing down behind us, difficult to judge size but I guess
in the 4m range.
About 130 miles to go now so hoping to make landfall early tomorrow morning
Sea sick free so far, but Amanda has picked up a cold so has found a
different reason to shorten her watch periods !! |