We are sailing
close-hauled until wind direction allows us to do so, then it will be time for
the gennaker and we hope to increase our speed to overcome the next air bubble.
Until yesterday the gennaker had a good angle but the
continued presence of squall gave us no reliability at all: yesterday we have
been all day under water until 6am of this morning.
But today is one of those beautiful days from Aliseo:
sunny and a cloudless sky, this is an opportunity to dry our bones and to do
some cleaning.
However few
hours ago a wonderful, majestic killer whale in all its elegance appeared to us
for a few minutes then it disappeared in deep sea. Nevertheless we feel that it
is not far away and with a low profile it is still keeping an eye on us.. for
sure we are not fishing enough because of its proximity!
This is the Ocean, the seventh and main competitor of
this race, the real winner of any race. Because of it we are all experienced
and Blue Water beginner sailors.
We equally enjoy
its contrasting alchemy of pain and joy, of annoying squalls and trade wind
sunny mode, of temporary internet black-out and Tea time meeting with a whale.
Racing is just a
cherry on the cake to make this experience unforgettable.
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