Nisida - Log #3 - Nov 25-26
The afternoon was very slow, hard to keep the kite flying. The wind increased in the evening and we made some good time for a change. By 2:00am, the wind was too much for the light spinnaker..We took it down and gybed on a favorable windshift. We sailed the rest of the night on genoa. By mid morning the spinnaker was back on. Apart from this, the night was uneventful, no submarines, no pirates, only shooting stars, lots of them.
... And from the east came Caspian Services (we think) who passed us and seemed to set on a parallel course on our west. This was too much for Val, our short course champ. He took it personnally; by late afternoon, Caspian Services was far behind.
The corner is approaching fast. Nobody wants to bump into the Cabo Verde islands. There is a sense that we may see a number of boats reappear as everybody congregates in the natural place to start making some westing. We won't tell you more, trade secrets.
We are starting a top ten list: Top ten list of what not to do on an ARC racing yacht. Number 10: Do not look at the driver at night with your headlamp on.