16'59.74N 050'24.44W
Whatsnext
Wed 26 Jan 2022 04:08
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25/01 @ 1933 16'59.74N
050'24.44W
What a night we've had, it didn't stop raining until
0345. When we say raining, it wasn't your casual summer time UK drizzle,
we're talking about standing in a shower on full power getting absolutely
drenched kind of rain. It was nuts! Once that had passed, the winds came in and
thank God they did. Since then we have had a good strong consistent wind of
12-16kts gusting up to 20-23 at times from the north-east to south-east
direction. Max speed so far has been 10.5 on a surf off a wave. Still goose
winging it right now, we're going to keep like this for the night and at day
light we'll bring the pole down, furl away the headsail and unleash The
Beast as the conditions will be perfect for it.
Having now passed 50 degrees west we're definitely
making up for lost time. Morale was really boosted by our day of solid sailing
and our ever closing approach to our destination. Once we're into the last few
days you can bet that the excitement of getting in a bar and on to a white sandy
beach will be rife through us all.
But now lets get back to our crew bios. Next on our list
is our skipper.
Chris Line
Age: 56 Height: 5'11'' Eye Colour: Brown Hair colour: Brown Now I know in previous bios we have stated that without
certain crew members we would be unable to complete the journey, that the mere
presence of them has allowed us to experience this once in a lifetime voyage.
It's not to say that those statements weren't true, just that without Chris we
literally wouldn't be doing this. His natural ability to lead from the front
with a balanced view and careful consideration makes him an excellent and well
respected skipper. I will point out that the three weeks (hopefully less) of
this passage are the result of his years of preparation, through COVID variants,
crew changes, boat upgrades, all while aiming to get the most out of the
experience. His ability to see the big picture is one of his biggest strengths
and can be seen with our management of fuel for example, which gave us the
ability to gun it back the way we came a few days ago to pick up our additional
crew members, while still having hopefully enough left to finish the crossing.
As his son, and prodigy, I can confirm he has no weaknesses. We as a crew are
some of the luckiest with the boat he has entered into this rally; I'm not sure
there's much more you can do to a Jeanneau 54! His generosity does not go
unnoticed and I have no doubt he will find himself a few rum punches on
arrival.
So there you have it, our third crew bio. The staple of
What's Next.
Till tomorrow,
Jacob and Joe
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