Ticking along
Position: 4,59.8N , 16,43.83W
Speed: 5 knots, Course: 309 deg.
UTC Time: 30. July 2006 13:49
3538 log from Cape Town.
We are getting into a busy shipping area of the Atlantic now. Four ships in the last 6 hours which is four more than we have seen since St Helena. Weather has stayed cloudy and we went through 5 hours of rain last night. It was warm so it was actually refreshing and a chance to get rid of the salt. Couple more little problems that are sent to try us. All fixable but just slows us down a bit. At the moment we are only going at 7 knots which means at this rate we will be close to Madeira by the 18th which is my deadline so I can get back to London in time for our flights to France for Al's wedding. Otherwise all ticks along as usual. Daily routine of watches, lunch at noon, dinner at 20:00, breakfast at 08:00. We are both getting to the stage where we would love some variety in the diet. We still have some fresh oranges and apples though they are on there last legs. This stage of the trip is psychologically hard since we can see the destination approaching but there is still a couple of weeks to go and we can't get the boat to go faster. ho hum. Would be lovely to have all the time in the world and stop off in all the places that are just over there to our right.
Speed: 5 knots, Course: 309 deg.
UTC Time: 30. July 2006 13:49
3538 log from Cape Town.
We are getting into a busy shipping area of the Atlantic now. Four ships in the last 6 hours which is four more than we have seen since St Helena. Weather has stayed cloudy and we went through 5 hours of rain last night. It was warm so it was actually refreshing and a chance to get rid of the salt. Couple more little problems that are sent to try us. All fixable but just slows us down a bit. At the moment we are only going at 7 knots which means at this rate we will be close to Madeira by the 18th which is my deadline so I can get back to London in time for our flights to France for Al's wedding. Otherwise all ticks along as usual. Daily routine of watches, lunch at noon, dinner at 20:00, breakfast at 08:00. We are both getting to the stage where we would love some variety in the diet. We still have some fresh oranges and apples though they are on there last legs. This stage of the trip is psychologically hard since we can see the destination approaching but there is still a couple of weeks to go and we can't get the boat to go faster. ho hum. Would be lovely to have all the time in the world and stop off in all the places that are just over there to our right.
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