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Ngahue IV - Ngahue IV - Order restored!



Things have returned to normal as we woke up to our 8th day at sea. We seem to have untangled ourselves from a nasty and vicious counter-current of the Gulfstream which was stealing nearly a knot of our speed over the ground, and we have escaped from the clutches of the Corner Seamounts which appeared to be throwing up some rough and confused seas. The of both phenomena was that our SOG sank to pretty low levels during the night; and we needed to hold on tight not to be thrown around the boat a lot because of the seas.
But this morning the sea is calm again, that is to say commensurate with 18 knot winds, and our boat speed back to reasonable levels. The wind has shifted a bit too, so we are back on course for Horta and not headed for Mauritania or some other destination in Africa (which would have made joining the ARC Europe party a bit difficult).
Sailing just ahead of us, and in company of two other Dutch boats with families returning to Europe, is Fanky.
Hmmm.... I guess that makes us the rearguard boat, so Ngahue IV is leading the ARC fleet from behind again! Order restored :-))).

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