14:39:00N 38:45:00W
Spindrift
Andrew Kimpton
Fri 29 Nov 2024 10:27
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Shorts and T-shirts sailing. Blue sky, blue water
and sunshine. We have dropped further south to try to pick up stronger Trade
Winds and the big pink asymmetric gennaker has been packed away for the trade
wind sail plan of twin poled head sails and a third reefed main. Exciting
last 24 hours with sightings of schools of yellow tails, dolphins and our first
whale. No luck on catching any fish yet. Our first squall today and
of course at 4am. 4 large squall clouds approached the boat in quick succession
and a fun time had by all taking down sails and reefing in the middle of the
night. Our plans worked perfectly and boat all tucked away nice and
safe as they arrived. Brilliant skippering by Linda who spotted and tracked
the squalls on the radar, so gave us good time to prepare. Only damage over the
journey a snapped tack line ( even Johnny can't fix this one). |
