38:53.24N 56:07.27W
North Star
Andrew Joad
Thu 29 May 2008 00:37
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Completely calm yesterday evening and
all through the night, hardly a breath of air. Subsequently yesterdays run
was 76 miles only. It freshened this morning and we broke out the cruising chute
for the very first time, ever. Discovered its red, white and blue and works very
well, helping us up to speeds of 7.5 knots. However the wind strenghtened again
and we dropped the chute and rolled out the genoa. Good sailing all day but
other things were happeneingom board; Coyley informed me this morning that the
pump on the heads was;nt working and no one ,strangely, looked very interested
in investigatring the problem further. As my delegation powers seemed to be
useless on this issue I started dismantling the pump after lunch, sensibly, and
after being upto my elbows in shit it was back together working.
As the wing strenthened again we discovered we were
not able to roll the genoa in so dropped it and are now sailing with no
headsail. Should be able to hoist it tomorrow iin daylight. Nearly at Herbs
waypoint where we are hoping to find a push from the gulf
stream.
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