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Cerulean of Penryn - Cerulean of Penryn only 254 miles to Mindelo



DATE:2018-11-16 17:32Z
TITLE: ARC+ LEG 1 DAY 6
LOCATION: 20:24 022:28
AUTHOR: RICHARD ROWLEY
BODY: 672nm down and 254nm to our destination. We sailed through and beautiful warm and moon lit star studded night with just enough wind to carry us along at 5.6kts in a gentle swell, what more could one ask for. Sunrise greeted us with the wind dropping off to 5-10kts from behind, unfortunately downwind this is not enough to carry us along at a reasonable pace with boat speed of only 2-3kts we threw in the towel and put the engine on. The engine has been trundling along for most of the day, which was fine as this gave us a chance to drop the main and carry out some repairs.

Come this evening at 16:40 the wind picked up and the sails are back up and the engine off..yippee...we are now making 5kts under sail...we won't make Mindelo by the cut off time of 17:00 on the 18th November may be sometime Monday morning if we are lucky.

Dinner is soon to be served so must rush...bye for now...

Yacht Cerulean of Penryn
Ventis Secundis
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At 16/11/2018 17:29 (utc) our position was 20°24.64'N 022°28.21'W

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