DAY 14 GALE TO CALM

DAY 14 GALE TO CALM only 870 nautical miles to go

 

POSITION     07D24.207s 124D13.196w

 

We reached a big milestone yesterday-1000 nautical miles to go-our next high point will be 500 nautical miles to go in 2 1/2 days.  The winds were strong throughout the day and into the night.  It allowed us to make excellent progress.  As the night went on the pressure dropped at such a rate that the barometer alarm went off-implying strong winds headed our way.  The winds started howling through the sails and Faraway hovered around 9 knots for an hour.  Just after midnight the winds slowed and now we are lucky to get 10 knots. It has also brought much calmer seas-we only have a gentle roll.  We have set the sails wing on wing and are pointing straight at the Marquesa's.  The pressure is still building so we expect these calm conditions to remain for sometime.

 

We need to average 6 knots to arrive in Marquesa's after 20 days.

 

We are also running the watermaker-hopefully we will make about 400 litres of fresh water this morning,

 

The fresh produce is virtually gone.  We still have the watermelon which we are delaying eating as long as possible.  Today I will make pizzas.

 

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