ULA
John & Jackie Richards
Fri 5 Dec 2008 12:41
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Position 016:51.40N 038:43.40W
Skipper here again. Yesterday was a wet and cloudy
day but we managed to get some sailing in in the right direction. Slow at first
as the seas were big and then more quickly as the seas became less rough.
Everyone was pleased when I cancelled sundowners yesterday as drinking your
glass of wine trying to keep your pringles dry is no fun. The night was cloudy
and dark and the wind was up to 23 knots again but I choose the option of
sailing slowly to give the off watch some rest and stop the boat crashing
around. What we did see for the first time was a moon shining throught the dark
clouds which gave us more light.
Everyone was pleased to see the dawn break clear
and the sun was up and drying us all out. Trouble is we are back to light winds
and are running under spinny to try to keep up a reasonable days
run.
Could be the longest ARC ever at this
rate.
However all is well ( except for Jackies Ipod) so
we can't complain.
Cheers John
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