Day 4 at-sea
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
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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Dolphin party!
Kate was about to yank the spinnaker’s sock down when I spotted a stampede of fins heading straight for us. ”Dolphins!”, I yelled back to the cockpit excitedly. Post dinner dish duty was halted down below for the show.
The pool is open!
We stopped the boat, got the ladder down and put out a line with a fender behind the boat. I love swimming in the middle of the ocean, and a bit scary when you realize its more than 4000+ m deep! Love it!
Big Pink Sail Day
I had a most fashionable pointed striped hat at dinner, and out of the depths of a cupboard a cake was created, after 14 days at sea. A group of people I had never met two weeks ago made me feel very special today.