Slow progress
W2N 'Where to Next?'
Rob 'Bee' Clark
Thu 16 Oct 2008 08:31
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40:41.4N 9:17.18W
I had a fantastic sail when a steady sea breeze
finally started from the southwest last night and steadily
lifted until sunrise this morning. It's frustratingly light again now (I'm
presumably well into the Azores High by now) but it was so nice after
days of downwind sailing in light airs to finally be doing some proper sailing.
It was a fairly warm night too as the full moon struggled to penetrate the cloud
cover. I've had mainly clear nights so far which are great for watching the
stars but they've been a bit nippy.
I had imagined that to be accompanied by playful
dolphins such as I was the other day was quite an unusual and privileged
experience but it seems there is an abundance of them down here. These past few
days, I've been joined by up to a dozen at a time and although I'm not rushing
to the bow to take photographs any more, I am left wondering how they manage to
move so quickly with such little effort.
Anyway, I'll probably arrive in Cascais some time
tomorrow afternoon but for now, everything's pretty much spot on. Oh, except I'm
running out of books to read! I finished another one last night by Conn Iggulden
called Lords of the Bow based on the life of Genghis Khan -
surprisingly good!
More soon,
Bee
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