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The Travels of Running Tide
Mick Norman
Thu 13 Sep 2012 11:03
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Yesterday was quite brisk, the forecast 4 turned
into a 5/6, RT handled it very well and we had an exciting passage for a few
hours. We were overtaken by yacht Pink Gin try googling it. Half a main sail up
and comfortably doing 12.5 Kn.
This AIS which I now have working is brilliant
especially when mixing it with the big ships. It can show the name
speed and direction of all the surrounding vessels on the graphic screen of the
chart plotter. It also tells us if we are on collision course, which is
heplful.
Monica our windvane steering system is performing
well and took us through the all the weather yesterday.
The evening saw the wind move to the north and gave
Monica a few problems on a run. Wind dropping quickly as we expect the 1/2
northerlies.
All aboard OK and looking forward to sunshine. Just
a bit damp at the moment.
We are about a day away from the Spanish coast and
sensing our arrival hoisted the Spanish courtesy flag, probably
premature.
Hope I have the hang of this now so should avoid
problems with the last couple of blogs.
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