can we help
+44(0)1983 296060
+1 757-788-8872
tell me moreJoin a rally

Menu

Bamarandi - Thursday 12th November - Tomato & Basil



Position 19.42.751N 022.32.121W

The afternoon and evening passed well enough with visits from passing dolphins again with usual acrobatics and inquisitive looks.

The weather has markably warmed up and we are in bright sunshine with a slight covering of haze.  The temperature appears to be hovering around 26 degrees and the rise in temperature is now starting earlier in the morning.

We have also been visited by hordes of flying fish in droves. Groups of them seem to hold flying competitions both in terms of duration and direction and fly for enormous times skimming across the waves weaving ands bobbing.

A gull circled round and round the boat for about 30 minutes checking us out - and then as soon as the next bout of flying fish were out of the sea it was off to dive bomb for dinner. One flying fish was slightly too ambitious and ended up on our port side deck but we hope once put back in might have revived.

The wind has not been helpful and saw us have to put away our main sail as the boom was banging and the sail flapping with too little wind in the wrong direction and unhelpful wave direction. So we have motor sailed along for a while as with the genoa alone up we were making less than 4 knots most of the time.

Todays lunchtime soup was Tomato and Basil accompanied by cheese toasties, clean bowls and plates all round. 

There have been no other boats or ships in sight all day and through the night although one or two have popped up on our AIS system periodically – either passing cargo ships or for brief moments one other yacht on ARC.

We now have 224nm to go to Mindelo having covered 158nm in the last 24 hrs slowed substantially from previous sessions by lack of wind with our average speed dropping to 6.6knts.

We have read up on Mindelo planned events and see that on Sun 15th Nov in the evening there is an ARC+ Welcome Function in the Mindelo Cultural Centre. “Food and drink available and traditional local dancing”. 

We should arrive at Mindelo in about 35 hours (just after 1pm now) and the clocks go back by an hour for Mindelo time at 1am Saturday morning if we keep up this average speed. We may choose to slow down to arrive at a more sociable time – or will the racing instinct taker over!

All is good on board and everyone is fine.

5

 

 



Previous | Next