DATE:2018-11-16 17:32Z
TITLE: ARC+ LEG 1 DAY 6
LOCATION: 20:24 022:28
AUTHOR: RICHARD ROWLEY
BODY:
672nm down and 254nm to our destination. We sailed through and beautiful warm
and moon lit star studded night with just enough wind to carry us along at
5.6kts in a gentle swell, what more could one ask for. Sunrise greeted us with
the wind dropping off to 5-10kts from behind, unfortunately downwind this is not
enough to carry us along at a reasonable pace with boat speed of only 2-3kts we
threw in the towel and put the engine on. The engine has been trundling along
for most of the day, which was fine as this gave us a chance to drop the main
and carry out some repairs.
Come this evening at 16:40 the wind picked up and the sails are back up and
the engine off..yippee...we are now making 5kts under sail...we won't make
Mindelo by the cut off time of 17:00 on the 18th November may be sometime Monday
morning if we are lucky.
Dinner is soon to be served so must rush...bye for now...
Yacht Cerulean of Penryn
Ventis Secundis