Log Sat 24th, day 4 at sea.
This afternoon the sunshine returned and we fly westwards on the ocean.
Remembering the first night when we discussed that the arrival might not be by Christmas and we should prepare for new year as we slowly motored west. As forecasted the wind came up and blows us now over the white horses with the best”Edmal’ of this boat yesterday of 158 miles and this with conservative techniques and no reckless racing manner.
Scrolling back further it was exactly 3 months ago when I met my today’s skipper first in the Sint Annaland marina in the Netherlands.
He was flying the ARC flag so his plans were easy to identify. The idea was to do the same with my wife and our boat but we had delayed the trip as not yet fully prepared.
Now on board the equinox it’s a good chance to gain experience of the conditions and a different skipper though it was a bit of a jump in the not so cold water with unknown boat, crew and ocean never mind the language and technical terms but now we’re flying aver the waves, just flying!
Cheers
F