Nina - Day 4 -12th Jan – A Beautiful Light

World ARC Day 4 -12th Jan – A Beautiful LightThe forecast was for a fair wind in our sea area. Big seas to the North. A low over Colombia and Venezuela, giving big winds ahead. Just after darkness fell, a brand new moon loomed ahead above the horizon. The bottom half of it showing a huge Cheshire cat grin, lighting our path over the Caribbean Sea ahead of Nina.The Celestial BodiesAs the moon set ahead, the grin turned red, and then slid below the horizon, leaving us once more in the pitch darkness. But then the stars came out. With not a cloud in the sky, the full majesty of all the stars is displayed filling the heavens with swirls, dots, pin-pricks and bursts of many different coloured suns. The milky way, like a cloud or carpet, painted across the sky from one side of the boat to the. read more...