Frangipani - Paprika problems

Finally the wind increased on Friday and we were able to sometimes do 8-9  knots. But during the night the wind turned to N-E - not so welcome - and in addition we had a moonless night and two squalls with wind speeds between 30 and 50 kts. We managed the night reefing in and out several times. Today, Saturday we are sailing close-hauled. There are some clouds on the sky but t's quite warm. Our German 39 sails with 7-8 knots with 13-16 knots of wind from 60°. We're are very happy with that performance as her movements are quite soft although we have waves of 2 metres.  But we have one big problem on board: Our paprika doesn't want to last and is overripe. Therefore we now have paprika as salad, paprika with the fish, paprika as vegetables. When we've finally eaten them all we will be paprika abstinent for a long time.

Uli and Harry, the Crew of FRANGIPANI