49:46.774N 006:24.058W
Adventure_iceland
Tue 18 Mar 2008 08:28
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PIM
Cse 150 deg @ 6.7 kts
Wind ENE Force 7.
160 NM to Aldernay
A sporty night with the first real introduction for
the crew to up-wind sailing. Sea only moderate but probably does not seem
like that to the novices! During reefing another lifejacket was inflated
by waves over the foredeck - making 3 so far. We also had our first sail
damage when one of the original Global Challenge sails (the old yellow
ones) - the No2 Yankee tore. MJ (Mate) was on at the time and
knows the story. Around the same time the port amidships top guard rail
parted company with the yacht but has been retrieved. There are a couple
other things not fully functional on the yacht (SAT-C keyboard keeps rebooting,
Lost Pilot Alarm goes off "morning, noon and night" as is normal ...(!))
all of which will be recorded in due course but the one that I have been unable
to figure out is the AIS - the Automatic Identification Scheme or an issue with
some lights below and the bicolour on he port side. I know the AIS was
working in January when Raymarine visited but it is not now - has anything
changed in the meantime I wonder?
And what a day for the menu to show sausage &
beans for breakfast. Many like the smell but most can not stomach the
food. Some are beginning to realise that a trip to Greenland in a
Challenge 67 will be adventurous, challenging and fun - but not easy! Time
will tell if any choose to forfeit their deposit!
All is well aboard; we are well balanced but
stemming the tide at present; once the winds backs as is predicted then we will
make more easting.
Richard Quinlan :-)
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