Last daily blog at sea
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Hi everyone,
Incisor is on the finishing line! Last night we
celebrated the 200nm way-to-go milestones with yummy canapes and a sundowner.
Kit added fabulous popcorn and we enjoyed pulled pork for dinner. What a
treat!
As predicted by Jonas in his yesterday's blog, the night
was exciting - again. At 4am Chris, helming, turned to Derek "this is getting a
little bit uncomfortable...would you mind taking over?": While goose winging
through the night we were encountering yet another score. Wind speeds peaked at
27+ knots and ultimately we lost our secret weapon, when the spinnaker pole
broke off the mast. Kit and Gaby, mightily sleeping in their berths
could care less, if Kit had not been through out of her berth. In
any case, its great to have a crew as experienced as Derek, Saundra and
Ashley.
With the spinnaker pole gone we are no longer able to go
dead downwind. Instead we are now flying the 'little red one' (a-symmetric
spinnaker) and need to gybe downwind.
So far its been another great sailing day with currently
13kn of wind from ENE running with 9-10knots SOG.
Right now (6pm GMT) we have 156nm to go and are
expecting to arrive in St Lucia between 12noon and 3pm GMT.
After 15 days at sea are looking forward to a cold
beer and a cold shower and can't wait to arrive in the Carribean!
Talk to you soon,
Daniel for Team Incisor
*lhdxxo*