Day 4 at-sea

2024-1 | FALKEN | Lagos-Las Palmas
Jojo Pickering
Jojo Pickering
Passage Blog
11/1/2024
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1:00 am

Day 4 and we are all now falling into the regular routine of life at sea - the times of our different watches, the writing up of the hourly log and the drinking of coffee. On this trip there has been a lot of coffee drinking. Everyone’s appetites have improved as we have found our sea legs and we all want it to carry on for longer.

Day 4

We are all now falling into the regular routine of life at sea—the times of our different watches, the writing up of the hourly log, and the drinking of coffee. On this trip, there has been a lot of coffee drinking. Everyone’s appetites have improved as we have found our sea legs, and we all want it to carry on for longer.

We had another perfect sailing night followed by a spectacular sunrise, helped by the Sahara dust brought in by the easterly wind. At 1146 UTC, we passed our 600 NM point on the trip with just 170 NM to go, so we hope to arrive at about midday tomorrow.

Skipper Alex has positioned us to the east of Lanzarote to take advantage of the southeast wind, which will push us towards Las Palmas and our end destination. We started the day broad reaching with easterly wind, then at about 1330 the wind veered to the southeast and we hauled in the sails to a close reach. Sailing along smoothly at 8–9 knots. What a fabulous ride.

Jojo

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