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Sally - In Saint Lucia time zone



The last night we sailed into a new time zone, GMT-4, the same time zone that is used in Saint Lucia and the rest of the Caribean, at least the islands we plan to visit.
We also crossed track with another ARC boat and according to the AIS, it could be a close passage of a couple of hundred meters only. To make sure they saw us and to clarify how we shall pass each other, we make several VHF calls but without any response. It was not until we used a search light on our sails that they reacted and changed course and passed behind us. After the passage, we make another VHF call, but no response this time either. Maybe their VHF was malfunctioning or so.
We also got a couple of squalls with a lot of rain and wind (35 knots) and since we can furl our sails from cockpit and are reaching, its easy for one person to reef the genoa and the main.
In one of the squalls we set a new speed record for Sally, 16.5 knots, incredible feeling when she accelerated down a 3 m swell in 35 knots of wind and the sound of the water cascade from bow wave was furious. All was over in less than 10 seconds or so. Wow and phew that all went well.
Today we have good wind for reaching along our route, we can sail almost parallell to the route in 20 knots of wind. The sun is mostly behind clouds but its still warm, around 30, so we drink a lot of water. Speaking of water, our water maker suddenly stopped when we was producing the daily amount of water. Maybe we have got seaweed in the strainer for the water intake. Since we always have full water tank, we have plenty of water for the rest of the sailing to Saint Lucia. Will check the strainer and test the water maker after that, more in next blog. Now Johan is serving dinner so its time to stop writing.


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