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Timshel - Cape Town to St Helena Day 8 and 9



Still making progress towards St Helena, wind varies in strength and direction a little. So sometimes we are reefed and going fast, sometimes like now full sail and going (relatively) slowly, sometimes downwind wing and wing, sometimes on a broad reach with sails on same side. We are trying to keep to the north of the Great Circle route as apparently best wind is to be found here. The water temperature is definitely increasing, up to 27.5 deg C, at Cape Town it was 16. So we should be able to swim at St Helena. Otherwise we are reading up about ports in Brazil in the Pilot books. Unfortunately we finished the Christmas cake yesterday. It is great to talk to our rally friends on the SSB twice daily, but this morning the set refused to turn on. Switching it on and off at the main transceiver (in the locker under the bunk) brought it to life, hopefully it will keep working as there was no sign of a loose conection.

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