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Why Not - Why Not sail boat Richard Anthony



Great Day today all crew refreshed and sun is shining , Charlie had his first bite on the fishing line , but after 30 mins of hard work trying to bring it in we LOST it.
Total mileage travelled from start to is 623nm,  the millage I reported yesterday was wrong that should have been for three days totals  not two as i reported
All sails balanced  and working to max capacity as trying to increase our average daily mileage.
We saw our fist Dolphins this morning there were about 7 swimming with us.
Just put up the cruising chute  for a test , all went well now just waiting for the correct wind to arrive and up she will go!
Skipper working hard at the chart table to ensure we have the correct bearing and to avoid the doldrums
 
Keith
 
Richard Anthony first blog .
Well the last few days have been very challenging and I don’t know what happened to the easy trade  wind passage that was talked about,we have had serious swells and winds of 40 knots ,we did our best to miss the talked about acceleration zone but I don’t think it mattered as it all seemed the same to me ,we have crash jibed twice and smashed our mainsheet traveller ,but with a lot of thinking and some help from Paul we managed to repair it good as new (well not quite) the reason for the jibe was a newly rigged preventer so we have now gone back to basics and all seems well , The downwind sailing is very unforgiving with the boat constantly rolling and pitching off the wind angle . We are all pleased with our progress and our best day is 165 miles in 24 hrs with an average of 155 miles .We had a brilliant moon last night and also hooked our first fish, we have not done much fishing as it has been  to rough and is very difficult to slow the boat doing eight knots with a prevented main and a poled out head sail. We also hoisted our secret weapon today a 140 sqr mtr cruising chute and it looks fantastic thank you Westaway Sails,we will be bringing her out  when the sea is calmer and the wind is less .We bought a few drums of extra diesel  with us as Why Not only holds 205 litres  but as of yet we have not used a drop apart  for when we accidently jibed ,Oh well another great meal awaits me cooked by Catrin and lots of help from Paul , My partner Tracey prepared lots of the meals and its like home from home and I would like to thank her for helping to organise me to do the ARC as there is so much work to do and we have been preparing this for two years now . The ARC organisers Andrew Bishop and his team have been absolutely first class in all departments and they all deserve a well earned pat on the back ,well done guys ,well signing off now loads more to follow sweet dreams.....x
 
Richard Anthony


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