Luna - Log 12 - What to do?

Det så ud til at blive endnu en dag, hvor vi stille og roligt cruisede af sted. Men så skiftede vinden retning, så den blæste lige mod Azorerne. Desværre var der for lidt af den til at kunne fylde sejlene, så de stod konstant og klaprede. Vi besluttede derfor at ændre kurs til at gå lidt mere nordligt for at få vinden mere skråt ind.

Sådan sejlede vi lidt tid, inden vi så, at der var meget sort ude foran. Vi rebede ind for at komme evt. vindskifte mm. i forkøbet. Det viste sig at være fornuftigt, da vinden pludselig skiftede retning igen og kom lige forfra. Efter at Jørgen var blevet gennemblødt af at sejle os gennem regnen, fortsatte det grå foroven med at give direkte modvind ved kurs mod Azorerne samtidig med, at der var modstrøm. Sådan sejlede vi hele natten for motor, men kunne pga. vind og strøm ikke sejle mere end ca. 3 knob.

Morgenen bød på beslutning om igen at gå lidt nordligere for at kunne bruge vindkraften. Det går nu noget stærkere, men ikke helt i den rigtig retning.

Morgenen kom dog også med lidt underholdning i form af en flok delfiner, der svømmede omkring båden i en halv times tid :-)

/Luna & Besætning

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What seemed to be another day for cruising turned out somewhat different when the wind changed direction so that it came straight from behind. Unfortunately, there was to little of it to fill the sails. We decided to change our course and go more northly.

We followed this course for a while, and then the horizon turned all black and clouded. We pulled some sails to prepare us for another change of wind direction. This turned out to be a good decision as the wind changed again and came straight at us. After Jørgen had steered us through the rain and hence was soaking wet, we continued underneith the dark sky that gave us nothing but wind coming from the direction of the Azores. And the curent came from the same direction. We went by engine heading towards the Azores all night but due to wind and current we couldn't sail more than appr. 3 knots.

When the morning came, we decided to turn more northly again so that we could make use of the wind again. We speeded up a bit, but unfortunately not heading straight at the Azores.

The morning offered some cheering up and entertainement when a herd of dolphins swam wiht the boat for half an hour :-)

/Luna & Crew