Day 6
Zahara: The story so far......
Ron Dunn
Fri 27 Nov 2009 11:45
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Hi all,
Ron returns as todays scribe ......
It's getting difficult to think of
anything original to say right now as nothing really changes. I know what
Trade wind sailing is supposed to be like but it's difficult to describe the
sheer consistency of the winds. Larry described it this morning as 'Groundhog
day', which sums it up well. We have had winds of between F4 and
F6 from between 050 and 070 now for about four days. The sea do vary more
than you might think with swell generated much further north coming down and
giving an uncomfortable cross component. This confusion is largely responsible
for making life pretty uncomfortable at times. Things seem to develop a life of
there own and magically move around the boat. Something that was safely
stowed on the port side, suddenly appears on the stbd side, say on
the chart table for example or somewhere equally as inconvenient; usually messy
things like Jam etc! I made two breakfasts this morning. ate one and cleaned up
the other from the floor! However, Zahara is still creaming along and seems to
love the conditions. we are still doing over 130nm per day and are well ahead of
schedule. It is simply fabulous sailing. The thing that doea change is that it
is slowly getting warmer and we are starting to see Flying fish etc.
Ron and Larry
Ron and Larry
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