Distance to go 2087 nm @0600
29/11/13
Distance Travelled so far 757 nm
Position (sat
at nav station trying to type at 25 degree heel angle) 22 23 684 N 25 08 079
W
Lunch today we are going for a wrap option of
varied fillings ham cheese peppers tomatoes
Dinner will be baked fresh Dorado caught as the
sunset last night
The day yesterday was a challenge as the winds were
light and the sun very hot we ghosted along at 3-4 knots for most of the day. As
evening came so did the breeze as predicted 15-20 knots on the beam (that's the
side of the boat).
News of our placing is creating quite an atmosphere
on board everyone trying to do a little bit more we have a great wind angle and
can feel Northern Child surging on with a will to eat the Scarlet
Oyster.
There is a weather system moving in just south of
us which means we will be getting some pretty strong breeze for the next 36
hours or so hopefully we can sail over the top of the system and make some miles
out of it.
Crew comments :
JB Nice shower in
luxury bath with teak interior
Trying to escape
this calm patch !!! 20 knots tonight I hope we will have them (they
came)
AS Nice upwind sailing day
Sunset sailing and dolphins playing on the bows
LC Black night lon
slip and slide and corkscrew down
liquid mountains carve the bow around
heading lost . Horror now its found (mark did that)
no
other sight only sound
headings read out flicker ---THEY LIE
there numbers mock against the black sky
their monotonic counting high
OH
FOR A SINGLE STAR TO STEER BY
Read marks profile today his tombstone should read
HERE LIES A MAN WHOSE NAME IS WRITTEN IN
WATER
Skips notes: well hopefully I wont need a tombstone
for a long time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all is good on board we still have some snake
issues; snake wake we call it the boat is tracking about 40 degrees one way then
the other at times I'm about to introduce rum fines a shot per 10 degrees off
course a bottle for 20 sounds fair to me.Our first fish of the trip last night
bad quite a mess at the back of the boat but is now tucked up happy in the
fridge Dereck the Dorado will be consumed later (THANK YOU NEPTUNE) my hook will
not go overboard again until every bit of Dereck has gone.
Overheard an interesting conversation yesterday between American Martyn and Australian Les about brown nosing (leave the rest to
your imagination)
Food stocks are looking good , oranges are needing
to be eaten ,everything else on board A OK.
That's all for now folks
Happy Skipper