Fw: Days 4 and 5
Zahara: The story so far......
Ron Dunn
Thu 26 Nov 2009 12:18
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Hi, Larry here Position report..... Tropic of Cancer at
22 deg 51 min W.
The great progress continues with us achieving a
new 24hr run record for Zahara of 134 NM through the water (near
150NM over the grou8nd) Having done most of my sailing around the coast of the
UK, I am used to having to fight the wind. You know how it is, if you want to go
somewhere, the wind is always foreward of the beam . It's a rule! The end result
is very little practise at downwind sailing. How different is the 'Arc'? since
the start the wind has been behind us, and almost dead astern for the last three
days. Whichever God looks after this wind (maybe it's an 'ARCangel'?),
could I please borrow it naxt time I'm sailing back in teh English
Channel!
We've had another serious equipment failure,
following the latest breakages, we're down to just two coffee mugs! So the
situation is not yet critical, but will be within 4 days at this rate. I blame
Ron and he blames me - The truth is, of course, that the sea is to blame- it
just won't stay still. You could be fooled into thinking it was the
Atlantic!
Larry and Ron
Ron and Larry
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