November 25, 2015 – Last night Inge and Nicoline started the first night shift, we were going fast (12 knots) running goose winged with the mainsail and jib and we had the inner stay sail in between. A nice sight all these sails up. In the next night shift however the wind became stronger and Herman and co decided to change and lower some sails. We got into difficulties in getting the inner stay sail down. With all men on deck we finally managed to get it back to mainsail with 2 reefs and jib up. A tough job it was in the dark and with wind and waves. But the good result of the team work was reason for Herman and Daan to open the first beer on board!
Another job of this night was the leakage in the stern. Early morning Gerard and Herman discovered the root cause and have been able to fix it. All is good now!
So a little less sleep for most of us last night, but today is again a beautiful day and we’re doing fine. Especially seeing all those dolphins around our boat this morning made it again a beautiful day!! For several minutes at least 10 dolphins were swimming and jumping around our boat, really beautiful…
Day distance is 190 miles.
Daan and Mariette are now preparing dinner, after that we’ll get ready for the next night. Time flies here! It seems like we are having fun…!!