Adrienne - Noch 1492 Meilen
November 29th, 2023
A day in the vastness of the Atlantic
Blog writers Peter and Werner
We have now reached the 15th degree of latitude and are getting more and more into the trade winds, which the typical cloud formations show us clearly. This reduces the number of maneuvers to be carried out as the winds become more constant. A look at the Grib files shows us that we have to move further south to benefit from stronger winds.
Considering that we are in the middle of the Atlantic somewhere in the middle of nowhere between the Canary Islands, Cape Verde and St. Lucia, off the usual shipping routes, we are currently encountering quite a few other ships.
The Thor Heyerdahl, which was already reported in detail in the last blog, caught up with us again under engine this night and accompanied us all night long on the port side, about 2 nm away. When the wind picked up again in the morning, we finally left them behind us.
Also in the middle of the night, a ball of light suddenly came into view starboard ahead, which over the next few hours passed us in the opposite direction, at times only traveling at 1.5 knots. At times we were literally blinded by headlights in our binoculars. We couldn't make out any position lights. From this we conclude that it must have been a large fishing vessel. More ships appear and disappear periodically on the horizon around us. This becomes unpleasant when the vehicles move within a 2 nm radius around us, because then the AIS alarm (which regularly wakes up the crew) reminds us until the vehicles leave the 2 nm circle again.
Otherwise we had a rather unspectacular day today with the Wednesday spa as the highlight. Since then, the whole ship has smelled like a perfumery again.
It should also be mentioned that as of this evening we have less than 1,492 nautical miles to St. Lucia. This is particularly fitting since Columbus discovered America in 1492 while searching for India. When you consider the technical equipment, the boat building skills and the navigational possibilities of today and back then, it was an almost incredible achievement.
With this we would like to conclude today's blog and wish our readers a good night and us a good watch.
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