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Magelanus III - Post 4 - We're back!



After a long week with no access to email and no news from the ARC, except from my wife through Irirdium, connection to the net was restored. Magelanus III is, I believe, among the last boats in the crossing and the crew humors are high. Let me reassure fans and friends. This is due to the fact that we have no spinacker pole. With trading winds on the back (E/ENE), we are forced to use only the main sail. But we are enjoying it all and the crew humors are high. An average six knots speed in the last 2-3 days, in these conditions, is a fair performance.

Like most certainly others, we had our lot of squalls - laundry machine type on board - and small problems, most of them so far more or less ingeniously resolved. Batteries are a permanent concern and we monitor their status frequently. But we did not need much traction engine so far. Today is Tiago’s birthday and we had wonderful steaks for lunch. Fishing is going on, although we would like to fish other species than dolphinos! More to come...


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