The winds were good for a nice sail through the evening last night as well as into this AM. We had been informed by the weather router that we may be running into some squalls with winds from 20-35 and to prepare for them as it was moving in our direction in a few hours. At the time we got the message we couldn't see anything coming, but we heeded his warning. About 11:45AM the sky started getting darker and we reefed the main and changed our genoa out for our staysail. We made sure everything was battened down, got our foul weather gear handy and waited, and waited... We got an increase in wind and wind driven swells, but we were on a beam reach which was quite comfortable. About 12:30PM we got a few sprinkles, but it didn't mount to much. On and off the rain would start but it really wasn't enough to consider being a good soaking - just a short, mild rain. We weren't complaining as we were sailing at 6-7 knots at a comfortable position. The sky was dark all around us and it was interesting to watch it come, but it never really was over us and Tsamaya rode the swells quite well. We were even able to sit in the cockpit and read while we waited to see if there was more to come. Finally about 4PM we could see some blue sky among the dark clouds and we were able to increase our sail size some. The winds were mainly between 14-18 knots with the highest gust being 22 knots. Fortunately tonight we still have 17-18 knot winds and as a result are able to make a few miles closer to the Azores with a hull speed of 6 knots.
Our total mileage for day 10 this AM was 123 miles bringing our total to 1,201 miles. Not too bad for 10 days overall.
Hope you all had a nice Saturday and will check back in again tomorrow.
Bob & Janice
PS - Sailor continues to surprise us - even with the movements of the boat today she has been walking around, eating and of course sleeping well.
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Our position as of 8:00 PM on June 16 is 32.27N, 51.56W
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How many Nm is left? You are doing so welll!!! Vig hugs from jo and Martin
ReplyDeleteThis is Kay, just to keep folks informed: I received an email from Janice on Sunday saying that she was having a problem uploading her blog for that day, and to see if it was up. Unfortunately, you will see that it still is not up, but she assured me that they were doing fine and not to worry. Hopefully, the blogs will go up and we will hear what they have been up to on Days 12 and now 13! All best, Kay
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