23rd May Day 13 Bermuda - Azores 38:53.335N 032:16.597W
Whisper
Noel Dilly
Thu 23 May 2013 09:25
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"Day 13 Unlucky Maybe/Maybe Not?"
During the night the wind died away and Noel who
was on watch, started the 'iron horse' and set up the Autohelm. Although
the wind had died, we were motoring into the remaining seas and only making
3kts. We do not have enough fuel if we should need to motor all
the way to Horta (180nm) at this speed, so we have decided to head
to Flores which is only 65nm away and altered course. After
about 20 minutes, the wind gently filled in again and the sails were reset and
our precious fuel saved. We are still on course to Flores, which we
are not sorry about, as according to the Pilot Book, Flores is the
island NOT to miss, it's yachting facilities are not the best but the
people are very welcoming, it is beautiful, we can buy more fuel there and
it is CLOSER with the possibility of dinner ashore - maybe? It is still possible that depending on the wind direction we
may yet tack towards Horta but we shall see.
We still have plenty of water and provisions on
board, so apart from all of us feeling a little tired after a disturbed night,
we are well and life is good!
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