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Exody - Days 374-376: " .....a persistent pattern of benign trade winds....



...to continue over the coming three days" said the WRI weather forecast on Wednesday morning- and so it has come to pass! But today's forecast says that the "light to moderate trade winds will ease". This we do not want since the 10 to 15 knot winds we have been experiencing are just enough for us to average a reasonable 6 knots on a broad reach with the wind over the port quarter. First three day's runs since the start of 141,147 and 141 miles - 1500 miles to Salvador at 15.00 today. Exody is about 90 miles behind the leaders (Makena, Hugur, Aretha, Garlix, Tulasi) and the same from the nearest boat behind (Ayama). We saw one tanker yesterday headed for China but otherwise have the ocean to ourselves.

The seas are calm, the cloud comes and goes clearing to give us some glorious sunny conditions by day and delightful moonlit seas with bright stars at night. Today Friday 22nd, a couple of squalls passed close by giving a smattering of rain and a spell of 20-24 knot winds.

Life on board ticks over - South African based whodunnits being read, journals written, one dish dinners baked, laptop projects being tackled (David treating himself to on-passage computer time).

Peter (Skipper)


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