Jadamama - Day 11 Blog Jadamama

Blog Day 11:

After the 10th last supper (rich beef stew and Tirmasu) we went to bed fed, fatter and looking forward to another day on the pond.

Ideal conditions greeted the 1st of the month… routing has us continuing to run southerly at 250 degrees, and we maintained ~8 knt averages in pressure of 16-22 knots, by midnight covering 192nm (25 hours).

Potential squall lines, saw sail reductions in the afternoon of the 30th and Polly deprived of sleep in the early hours Dec 1st as we ran 2-up until the threat cleared.

With the wind veering to 130 overnight, dawn saw deployment of the Code 0 for the 1st time this trip.

Sterling efforts by our Liliputians working in shifts over the past 3 days saw~ 2000 stiches of varying styles and neatness through 4 layers of cloth repairing the 3 meter tear. Tacks have been retied with new eye splices, leaving just woolen ties and bagging, awaiting suitable conditions to hoist and furl...alas more to come on this !

The 7-day forecast indicates a very large hole progressively pushing down to lie between our current position and St Lucia by next Tue Dec 6th. To avoid being caught in very light / no pressure we are being routed a further 150nm south with the expectation that we can then turn for home and sneak through a narrowing wind corridor to arrive by the 8th or 9th !.

Marc