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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Weather Forecasts
Don’t you just love them. There are few things a sailor hates more than a forecast which says there are twelve knots of wind expected in their area, and they find five. This has been pretty much what we have … Continue reading
More wind please
After the philosophical outpouring yesterday, about was there life out there, a ship steamed by on the horizon at about five miles distant. We are still debating whether it was real, imagined or a mirage. After a good sail through … Continue reading
Behave or it’s the engine
Yesterday evening saw us enjoying a cracking good sail, but as on previous nights the wind started to die. As James got up his watch the sea was oily smooth and Ju had resorted to hand steering. If it is … Continue reading
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Hmph!!
The light airs stretched further than forecast. This morning at 4am as we were doing a startling 0.6 of a knot, the battery monitor indicated that the house battery had fallen to 12.2 volts. So time to switch Henry the … Continue reading
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Left overs and Entent Cordial;
Boxing day was a day of left overs; what do you do with the remaining half a tin of confit of duck? Answer fry some onion and a lot of garlic, half a red pepper, then add some sieved tomato … Continue reading
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Finally the 100 mile day
There are small milestones in the day of a yacht on an ocean passage and the one hundred mile day is one of them. For some small yachts the one hundred mile day is a rarity. For the slightly bigger … Continue reading
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Christmas Day
Today has been very strange. Had we not spent time in Las Palmas then we would have missed the hype of Christmas altogether. But we are still celebrating. We started this morning with a light breakfast of scramble eggs. Just … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas
It was strange last night listening to the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College on the BBC World Service. It seemed to announce the start of Christmas and we have eaten our first and probably last mince … Continue reading
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Wildlife, hilarity and now what (or OMG)
This morning started with us drifting, I think would be the right word, downwind. However there has been a profusion of wildlife to look at. Various different petrels have been spotted. The dolphins have been back to play and we … Continue reading
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The art of patience
A quick update on our progress or more accurately the lack of it. At midnight we had 2737 miles to go. We have made good 19 miles in the last twelve hours. Most of that has been in the last … Continue reading
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