9 am Saturday 18th January 2020, 15:15.0N 49:03.8W
Viridian
Greg Paine
Sat 18 Jan 2020 13:24
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9 am Saturday 18th January 2020,
15:15.0N 49:03.8W
Winds have dropped to circa 12
knots and veered round by 15 degrees with our boat speed dropping to around 5.5
knots.
So this morning we gybed and
changed the sailplan from staysail and poled out genoa with no main to full
main, staysail and poled out genoa.
After breakfast we hoisted
the spinnaker to get the boat speed back up. Now making circa 7 knots in
12 knots of wind.
Noticeably south now as the
temperature is a steady 27-30 degrees centigrade both day and
night.
We are seeing a lot of weed
which is stretched out in long thin lines running in the same direction as the
waves. Might it have something to do with the north equatorial current which at
present we are running with?
Highlights to look forward
to today.......
Showers, afternoon matinee on
screen 2 then screen 1 after supper.
As we have no internet we
wondered if Mrs. Kern and her echelon at St Lawrence could find out if there
would be any whales in the seas around us at this time of year?
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