Yesterday and today have been really
tough for Cape Arrow: the wind doesn't whisper anymore but it screams instead.
Since Friday night the sea has become higher, this morning waves were up to 4 mt.
They are "messy", coming from everywhere and steering it's quite
challenging! The wind has increased yesterday evening up until 25 kts and we
sail under mainsail with two reefs and foresail.
Tonight, when we passed under
a squal, we reached 35 kts. In the middle of the Atlantic, with no moonlight,
no stars, just water everywhere, the panorama it's quite spectacular! And tiring: the watches
require the greatest level of concentration and at the end of them we are quite
shacked.
But let me tell you what happened
yesterday morning! We were sailing, when we saw from far away a sailing boat
with no sails on it: we called them at the VHF but no one answered...
It was an abandoned sailing boat!! The main sail was roughly plied,
there were ropes in the sea and the sides of the boat were scratchy, as if
there have been a contact with another boat. It was pretty scary, a ghost
abandoned ship in the middle of the Ocean.
Hence the Captain promptly reported the wreck to the authorities: they confirmed that the wreck was known as they rescued the crew not so long time ago!!
Stay tuned for the next adventures!
Cape Arrow's crew
Position: 26,49.92N , 47,21.50W
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