Hi All,
Just before midday the wind died on us leaving us wallowing for a while. It
was not expected to happen in the region we were. We gybed(had planned to
gybe later that afternoon anyway) and over the next few hours some wind
filled back in..
We are currently making some northing to help us skirt the
high pressure zone. This is the first time on Starboard tack since the
start of the race.(we started on Starboard and tacked for the first mark.
We did some on-board maintainance today.. some webbing on a main slide
needed stitching which we did up the mast, tightened the whip aerial up,
general check around etc..
We are currently sailing along with full spinnaker doing 8 knots at the mom
ent.
regards to all.
Dale
P.S. All pics taken today except the sunset shots.
Amazing pics - how did you guys do that. Sorry to read about the no wind and other problems. But part of the journey and to be expected? Wish I could pass you some of the CT winds. Well chin up! You guys doing very well. Hang in there and make the most of it. Marika
ReplyDeleteGetting to the business end of things now - I tried to call you Ian, but number won't connect? Glad to hear all is going well. I hope the wind picks up and you guys fly in the next few days - pretty close race it seems - good luck. Don't let City of Cape Town push you guys around! Cheers!
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