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Arkouda - Can you hear me now?



13 43. 6 N, 52 43. 8
SOG 7 kts, COG 284
Sunshine, mostly blue skies, blue water, one sailboat in sight.

We must have jiggled one of the wires right! Sean and I were enjoying cooler breezes and coffee, when we heard a voice. Wow, its coming from the VHF main speaker. We can HEAR! Okay, the big test. I ran in and grabbed the mike. "This is Arkouda, over". "Good Morning, Arkouda. This is Stella, please switch to 68." "Switching 68" I hold my breath--is this where we lose him? "Good morning, Arkouda, where are you from.?" Yea! It works! It will make it easier when we arrive St. Lucia because I am predicting a night arrival on the 19th. The ARC will show you in, but anchoring sounds good to me!

"Stella" is just south of us, left the same day from the Verdes. They are from Germany, and have 6 people on board. They got very wet last night (we stayed dry!) and complained about how rough the seas are. It looks like they are flying just their jib also, as I cannot see a main. She is about 6 miles south and directly to our beam (middle).

It is nice to have company, especially since they can see us and therefore probably won't hit us, and even nicer to be able to talk to them.

The weather is fantastic, the winds are good but the sea a little rough and loud. We are doing well. I hope that all of the weather moves out of the US so our flights are not delayed!

Looking even more forward to a rum punch!

Cynthia

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