At sea on day 3
Talulah's Web Diary
Paul & Anette Morris
Tue 28 Nov 2006 21:32
"25:05.602N 19:06.970W"
Tuesday 28th November 2006
Another great day. Dawn came slowly on Anette's
watch, the sun clearing away the fluffy clouds from the east. I was
off watch until 8 a.m. and was woken with a cup of tea and
breakfast. We ate together and then put up the parasail for a day's
exhilarating sailing - racing down waves at 10 knots in a sea that was at times
very large. Waves of 4 meters plus chased us through the day,
threatening to drench the cockpit, but Talulah rose, cocked her transom and
let them slide underneath - but occasionally felt cheeky, racing them up to the
next 'water mountain' that faced us.
The
sky darkened in the afternoon, and the wind got up to 28 knots, with the sea
building even more. At 5 pm. it was time to take the parasail down
for the night, and continue under the mainsail alone until
dawn. Getting the parasail down in 28 knots of wind is "interesting"
in the extreme, with a little skin being lost on the way. Lesson
learnt "wear full fingered gloves" for all sail handling in high winds - well we
do now!!.
Its
now a good bright night with the stars shining. There are a few
yachts whose lights we can see, and we've been chatting to them over the VHF on
channel 77. Everyone seems to have had their own little drama or
incident of the day, which kind of give comfort, in an odd way. We
are all human it seems.
