Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Let's Go!

It's been 9 hours since the warning signal and we have already met different weather conditions. Before leaving Tenerife we were right in the middle of a violent disturbance with heavy rainfall and wind gusts.

The entire fleet, with the exception of Shenandoah, has decided to leave the island of Tenerife along its north side. We have decided to sail downwind with many jibes and then gradually sailing ever closer, to be able to pass the depression on its northern side and to hook trading winds.

N.Simoncelli's Credits
At 15:30 UTC we have finally tacked finding ourselves on route: at about 15 miles from La Palma Island which we are going to leave to the South.


N.Simoncelli's Credits


In a little while we'll bear up again gaining speed! Now weather conditions are enviable: we run fast with almost 15 knots stable wind, and Cape Arrow is amazingly enlightened by an almost full moon.


Thus in all this confusion, Nicola has managed to pull a lasagne tray out of the oven: they were superb but he was magnificent!




UTC Time: 26. November 2012 21:55
Position: 28,50.87N , 17,31.43W
Speed: 11 knots, Course: 279 deg.




2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for clearing up why everyone was going north instead of southwest! The lasagna looks fantastic, too bad you are 'suffering' so much!

With all the people onboard, where is everyone sleeping??

Ciao, Art

Unknown said...

The yacht offers 3 luxurious owner/guest cabins and 3 comfortable cabins for the crew.. we really don't miss anything!

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