22:11N 64:32W Second Night on Route to Bermuda
The Snark on The ARC
Ben Little
Sat 30 Apr 2011 23:42
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Bermuda is now less than 600 Nm distant and we are
closing the gap visibly on the charts. The Snark seems to be sailing well, We are
now into day 2 of our trip to Bermuda and have travelled approx 240 Nautical
Miles of the 840 total so not bad going, 192 Nm in our first 24 hours at an
average of 8 knots which is good going. The seas have been rough and
we have had to proceed with 2 reefs in order for it to me manageable but it
is now much calmer with less wind, still good progress but
more comfortable with it. We are expecting some head winds before we
get to Bermuda but hopefully the forecast will change with the efforts of our
Wind Witch
Lets get the specifics down,
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Dear WW
we would very much appreciate the winds coming out
of the South East for the next 4 days, speeds of 12-15 Knots would be
appreciated anything above 10 is fine. As proof of your powers would
you please wipe away the threat of 25 Knot head winds which appear on the
current charts of the area starting Monday,Tuesday. We will be in port we
trust by Wednesday evening so if we must have wind from the north let it be
after that please.
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We plan to stay a few days in Bermuda anchoring in
St Georges Harbour where we will wait for fair wind, provision the boat, have a
good clean down, fix anything that needs it and rest, and with luck pick
up Quentin the last of our 4 man crew for the main
crossing.
If some of the larger ARC boats are quick they may
catch us up before we leave but they do not start till May 5th from Tortola so
perhaps we will be long gone.
Sun Set was beautiful tonight, and with the calmer
weather the crew and I are settling down to a much less stressful evening.
Last night Mike Chris and I hand steered the whole night as we did not have
sufficient battery power to run the auto helm and could not get the generator
started to re charge. It turns out that the oil level was too low for us
to operate it with that level of boat healing going on.. Easily fixed in
daylight but not during the night.
Fishing has been a disappointment so far, after
much excitement today with the reel buzzing regularly we have only caught
Sargasso weed, let us hope for more success tomorrow, So no Fish for tea,
just spaghetti and meat balls with a Caprese salad, some Chianti would have been
a good accompaniment but sadly we are a dry boat just now, we can celebrate
in Bermuda when we get there
Ben and the Crew of The Snark
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