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Abigail - Abigail - 11-8 update - Gald this is a rally and not a race



Good morning rally fans. After yesterday's update the wind picked up and we set the spinnaker, which we flew from late morning through late afternoon. Then the wind died and we started the engine. We interspersed motoring with a few attempts at sailing, but the wind was too light and shifty to make it rewarding for much longer than an hour at a time. It's a bit frustrating because what little wing there is is on the nose so while motoring into it it feel like there is plenty of wind, much like a dog with his head out the car window. The advantages to motoring are that we are able to keep the hatches open and everyone was able to take a shower. Abigail smells much better for it. Last night, however, the watermaker stopped working. I suspect we just sucked up some seaweed that will be easily cleared, but I won't know for sure until i look into it, which I'll do after writing this and checking the weather. We need wind as we don't have enough fuel to make it all the way to the BVI motoring. We had a visitor last night, a flying fish landed on deck, which Ron mercifully threw back. Ta-ta for now, until next time.



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