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Timshel - Darwin to Lombok Day 1



Lovely morning for the start but no wind! And we are really looking forward to our first long passage for a while. Managed to drift across the start line then resorted to motorsailing, and able to turn off the engine after a couple of hours. Steven had volunteered to be Net Controller for the first SSB schedule that evening, a good way to way to get to know our new mates for World ARC 2018. The wind shifted 180 deg during the session leaving us going the wrong way as our wind vane steering just followed it round. We ended up sailing close hauled and even having to tack during the night! Could see several of the other boats by AIS and lights, its always different when everyone is close together after the start. With true wind down to 3 knots in the early hours we had to resort to engine again for the rest of the night.




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