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Free Spirit - Saturday, 14 November 2015 What a difference a day makes!



We had a very much welcomed beautiful sail last night with west winds 18-20 kts and gentle waves. We scooted right along, clocking 8.9 kts SOG at one point, much to our delight. We all slept soundly off duty, with a contest to see who sawed the most logs. I think the skipper won that hands down. I kept thinking I was hearing a furling line whining through the block until I traced the source. Alex is earning the moniker "squall boy", as he seems to be catching all the squalls on his watch while the rest of us stay nice and dry. Steve and Alex are working on the rock star challenge, breaking out the sextant again. Today's efforts resulted in a position within 1.6 miles of our electronic fix. Wahoo! The wind turned fickle and we had to turn on the motor again. All in all we are pleased with our progress, logging in 145-161 nm days.

Andrea
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