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Great Escape of Southampton - Day 13 Great Escape 15 19N 46 37W



Day 13

We want more wind!

“Mayday, mayday, mayday, we require immediate assistance of much more wind”

After some pretty tough weeks with loads of wind and fabulous sailing, ONE quiet day without wind was fine and actually appreciated. 

The SECOND day (yesterday) with flat sea, steaming heat and not even a sign of wind was OK and to live with.

A THIRD day (today) is NOT. This night has basically been without wind and very HOT, not giving us much hope for a windy day - but finally, this morning we gained some breeze and are sailing again. We are cruising away in 4-5 knots or so, with winds of 10-13 knots – hoping that we will reach 20-25 during the day (and for the rest of this journey).

We have now covered more than 2/3 of the total distance of 2700 miles and have approximately 800 miles to go. Wind or not wind, the distanced covered was something to celebrate yesterday evening –AND we do celebrate on board whatever there is to celebrate. After a nice dinner, Emily had made us a wonderful chocolate cake (called Polish cake). Delicious! In Facebook vocabulary it would probably be 8 likes for the dinner and the same for the cake.

In my vocabulary I will add eight “dislikes” for the lack of wind.

The weather forecast is positive, giving us hope for plenty of wind and nice sailing for the days ahead of us.

Jan

 

 



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