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Exody - Days 382,383: The sky was a study in purple and orange



We often wax lyrical about sunsets but tonight's was particularly special due, surprisingly, to the extent of the grey cloud. The cloud canopy was stunningly illuminated from below by the sun after it set turning it purple with orange edges, whilst still leaving glimpses through to blue and white beyond. The experience perhaps enhanced by two glasses of house red - Ayama Leopard Spot, and appreciation of my bacon, potato and carrot 'bake'. We dined in the cockpit since the evenings are getting lighter later, and warmer - still 28 degrees as I write at 10pm. Exody is still on GMT whilst Salvador is 3 hours minus- we've decided to change our clocks on arrival.

After bottoming out on speeds of under 5 knots nearly a week ago, I reckon we topped out with our last two day's runs of 170 and 166, averaging about 7 knots. The conditions have now,as they say,'softened' so we are down to about 12 knots of wind and 5.5 knots of boat speed - still sailing goose-winged. With about 335 to run to Salvador today, Saturday 30th, it now looks like we'll be arriving in daylight Tuesday morning, February 2nd, rather than during Monday night.

Last night we caught and landed a perfectly sized tuna but it was unfortunately infested with little white parasites. We subsequently read that these are harmless to humans but still glad we threw it back - not very appetising!


Peter (Skipper)


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