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Ensemble - Day 75 (23 March 2012): Land Ho!



Greetings from yacht Ensemble.

We started the day with some good wind and good sailing. Unfortunately the wind disappeared and we ended up having to motor. With no wind, and diminishing fuel reserves we realised we could reach Hiva Oa in daylight - and decided it was best just to slow down - sail the last 50nm - and arrive in daylight.

We are now 10nm away from land - sailing through some squalls - waiting for the sun to come up.

The advantage of all of this is that we had one more 'sunset rendevous' - having to celebrate the last night on board with 'bubbles' again - and got another movie night...

Magali also made us one of her banana sorbets to keep the heat away.

We also had a swim - or so Joel and Magali thought. Actually I was just experimenting on what speeds we could get up to with them pushing Ensemble - and whether with the right line and bait we might catch bigger fish. Neither experiment worked too well...

Anyway - we should be at anchor by about 9am this morning...

Cheers

Dave & Magali

23 March 2012 012


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