Day 4 Surprise Chicken Curry

Synijinsky
Sun 20 Nov 2022 17:53
16:15.7N 034:14.1W
Average Speed: 7.5kt Trip:
545nm Wind: E F6. Yippee! more
than a quarter of the way there!
To add to the confused seas from the east and north we
were further dumbfounded by last night's frozen chili morphing into a chicken
korma, engineering department style.n
We haven't had the engine running since Thursday
evening and we are making cracking progress but quite a sleigh ride
yesterday. Lovely starry night with some phosphorescence. The wind was
10-15kts more than forecast so the boat was doing 8-9kts in a force 6
gusting 7 with only a 25% of the main and Yankee up. Max wind speed 34kts.
Wave height 3-4 meters and confused.
This morning the wind dropped to a steady 6 and the sea
has calmed to follow us at about 2-3 meters. so life onboard no
longer involves bouncing off so many walls as we move about.
Iain emptied the fridge this morning to hunt down a
funny smell that had developed. He couldn't find the smell, but it was
attributed to one of the Spanish cheeses from Las Palmas so we decided to
eat a load of cheese for lunch which was excellent. The wind is
forecast to be lighter in the days to come so whilst we may not make such good
progress the sea state should get flatter.
All looking forward to He's spaghetti bolognaise or a
chili this evening. I'm sure it ill be good what ever it turns out to
be.
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