Fiona
Tillymint.fortescue
Mon 23 Nov 2009 17:46
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25:36:774N 18:09:329
Great sailing in good brisk winds - mostly 20-30
knots. Tilly Mint making 9-10 knots. 208 miles completed in our first 24 hours.
We are still 700 miles NE of our first planned turning point NW of the Cape
Verde Islands - this puts us somewhere of the coastline of Western Sahara,
passing to Mauritania tomorrow.
The fleet has already dispersed almost completely -
we've had only a couple of glimpses of other boats today - Mika and Weir
Kraken.
Fiona (aka Alison) and Laurence suffering from a
bit of sea sickness - unclear at this stage whether that has been caused by the
patches which are meant to prevent it or by a rather short lumpy sea. Both
however are looking much less green tonight than they did this morning so we
hope that they will be feeling more human by tomorrow.
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