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Ximera - Day 2 - A strange wind?



21.11.2016

27∞01.47 N - 015∞46.38 W to 26∞51.57 N - 016∞ 37.19 W

Quiet night and manual helming.

The day rolls out as slowly as the wind. In the morning, a light breeze from NE pushes our gennaker gently; in our doldrumesque afternoon suddenly we hear a big wind ... it is coming from the blowholes of two small whales (Wow!)

Before sunset we decide to head 270∞ with a light NNE wind at our beam; dinner is 'jibe preventers' alla bolognese and roasted 'flapping sails'. Here comes the dark and a bright sky. Two dolphins are playing at our stern, showing us pure beauty. Their wake is plankton-luminescente just 10cm below the surface of the sea and making green torpedoes. A slight wind at our beam pushes us at 4 knots ... at last



First meal on board at sea

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