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Swan Valhalla - Log 12 - What a difference a day makes!



After some dodgy weather for the past few days, it was a welcome relief to actually see a full sky of stars on shift last night. We had a continuous breeze of about 10-12 knots for most of the night, and the wind shifted round to the north. This meant we were at last actually pointing west towards St Lucia. There were a lot of shooting stars reported and a beautiful sunrise at about 8am this morning - we are going back in time, so have adjusted meal times according to when the sun rises and sets.
 
Blue skies meant only one thing - time to do some washing and air all of our damp clothes! They were getting a bit smelly in the boat with not much ventilation. We had our last bit of tuna for lunch with some more delicious home made bread. We attempted to fly the spinnaker after lunch but unfortunately the wind died. Instead we dropped all sails and went for a lovely swim - the water was very blue and very deep! Everyone had a good shampoo and body wash and jumped back in to rinse off. And we all did a couple of laps around the boat to keep up the fitness regime!
 
At about 4pm we had a very small squall, which prompted the sails to be put back up and the genoa unfurled. Unfortunately we realised that it wasn't unfurling properly so Haig volunteered to get in the chair and be hoisted up the wobbly mast. It was a dizzy spectacle even from below but he managed to sort it and we were soon back underway! The wind is now at a steady 10 knots, and we have a good boat speed of 7-8 knots. The weather is due to stay the same for the next few days - a relief to have some sun, we just hope that the wind keeps up.


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