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Ngahue IV - Ngahue IV - It's a looooong way, to Tippe-Horta



Our first night at sea again! It came and went - all very quietly. We started off the night with a thin sickle of the waxing moon in a very clear sky. The wind is a gentle south-south-easterly varying from 8 to 11 knots. At eight knots of wind we see the whole ARC fleet move ahead of us. But at eleven knots we generally keep up, and even manage to sail faster than Selkie, our main rival for last place at the moment ;-). Now, as the morning sun rises over the horizon, Selkie has moved a little behind us, but together we are the rearguard of the ARC Europe fleet. The van is far ahead and off our AIS screen... Another surprise: the relative "dryness" of the night. During our last night sailing to Bermuda, the deck and cockpit was completely wet with moisture from the damp air. Not so this evening. And not a single flying fish on deck either!!

We've managed to shave off about 100M from our trip to Horta - only a good 1700M to go. But still a loooooooooooong way to go at our current dazzling speed of 4.3 knots. Long live the stronger winds we're supposed to find further north.


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