A Foggy Day

Tillymint.fortescue
Thu 8 Jul 2010 09:18
36:29:69N 07:38:95W
 
Ugggh! Just when I thought that night watches without fleeces were a possibility, along came last night. We rounded Cape St Vincent at about 02:00 in fine weather and then a mist descended. Which became a fog. There was no moon light and so we were sailing completely blind, glued on the one hand to the radar and the on the other to watching for lights ahead. This I could have happily done with little grumbling. It was when the fog started condensing on me so that my hair and clothes were soaked and I had drops of water condensing out of my eye brows that I did feel a little hard done by.
 
We are now half way across the Gulf of Cadiz, with 171 miles to run to Malaga and around 120 miles to Gibraltar.
 
The plan is to try and ensure a first light pass through the straights before arriving in Malaga (actually Torremolinos) at around lunch time.