can we help
+44(0)1983 296060
+1 757-788-8872
tell me moreJoin a rally

Menu

Shalan - Day 7



17:00N 033:04W

27/11/16 2345UTC

Dear followers!

One week already! Now we have reach the warm tropical air and it will be
hard to sail in the English Chanel after that! 25 degrees days and
nights accompagned of a 6-9 kts of warm wind, just enough to keep a fine
reach (60 degrees of the wind) with our weapon, the code 0, a big genoa
but not fixed into the forestay instead there is an anti-torsion line
is fited into the luff in order to keep the sail rigid, and to be able
to go with a close angle to the wind. That sail is quiet dark a mixture
of mylar and carbon fiber, so in the night Shalan looks very sexy. She
is doing well we just need 5 kts of wind to keep her on her way to the
coconut time!

We had some very nice sunsets/sunrises, my goal was to deliver some
dreams to my crew and I think they enjoy the sailing life's ;) We caught
another Dorado wich the real term is Coryphen today. Actually we had two
of them in the same time one each fishing line, but one buger left the
hook when coming into the cockpit. Well the freezer is full, but we
still want a massive beast before stopping!

Flying fishes are in the party, in the night they are quiet attractive
by the navigation lights or the head torchs, sometimes they land in your
face! But they tast so nice.. Some of them hae some fly who long arounds
10-15sec above the waves. It is a bit like a cinema, that's why we had
some popcorn when contemplating the spectacle.

I was pleased to give some sextant lessons to the chaps, we had a few
sights yesterday and today, about 8nm from the gps position. ( sextant
is an instrument used by the antan navigators, taking the altitude of
the sun or stars/planets, and with some calculations you know where you are)

Nearly half way now, see you soon!

Gaetan

Picture of the Day: Shalan....somewhere in the atlantic

m_GOPR0151

Previous | Next