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Misty Mhor - Mhor Media Monitoring Saturday 4th Dec



Yesterday afternoon the wind eased a little, dropping to around 15 knots by 17.00. We had already shook out the 2nd reef from the main and continued westerly at around 6.5 knots. The sea was becoming quieter, with fewer foaming steep waves but the general swell was still running. Life was becoming easier on board. Gusts up to 23 knots still occurred but we were not seeing many squalls. The sun felt very hot. Time to sit back and relax and listen to the radio?

News Flash.
Eaves dropping on Twitter’s Torment.
It’s good that the boats kept an eye and especially an ear out for each other. It’s also surprising what you can overhear on the VHS radio. There are a couple of yachts reasonable close to us that we have been in communication with. The Scottish boat Broadsword who were good enough to give us early warning of a squall yesterday, were chatting on the radio to the yacht Charisma as they sailed nearby. It transpires that a White Egret was flying between the boats, it was a long, long way off shore! The bird had landed on Charisma and was weak and bedraggled so they had helped it and given it a flying fish. It has now made itself completely at home and when it spotted Broadsword decided to fly off to see if they had any fish going spare. It looks like it wants to commute between the boats. But like some guests it may have overstayed it’s welcome. I’m not sure how they are going to solve this, given the respect Old Mariners should have for seabirds!

I came on for my 12.00 to 02.00 watch to be informed by Dugald that we have less than 1000 nm to go! The full main and full poled out genoa had certainly eaten up the miles. He was very positive about the lack of squalls as well, but as soon as he went to his bunk a pair appeared on the radar. I took a quick couple of turns off the genoa and watched as they tracked us down like a couple of sheepdogs. Nothing but a 7 knot wind increase and a couple of raindrops came our way though, so back to full sail.

The morning produced no overall change in the weather. As of 13.00 GMT today we now have only 910 nm to go. There are mumbling about a Thursday arrival but also breaking the spinnaker out, so let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Alan
Pic of Fiona Comms officer for the day.



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