Yet to arrive in The Azores

Zarafina
Melvyn Brown
Mon 30 May 2011 22:13
No
word from Melv as yet. Although he thought the trip would take
three – possibly four – weeks, his sailing friends think that was
probably overly optimistic given he would need to achieve 100+ miles per day,
which would require optimum sailing conditions. His friend, Richard, has
been keeping an eye on the weather in The Atlantic and believes Melv would have
encountered an unhelpful mix of light winds and then stronger winds ‘on
the nose’. Richard thinks he will be struggling to make headway and
is not surprised it is taking longer than anticipated. He also says it
won’t have been a pleasant trip because the winds will have brought rain.
I’ll post another entry as soon as I have more news. |