moon still far from rising and above and around this time of the year
some of the following constellations are visible from where
we are.Cygnus(the Swan),Delphinus(the Dolphins),Sagitta(the
Arrow),Capricornus(the Sea Goat),Aquila(the Eagle),Scutum(the
Shield),Vulpecula(the Fox),Lyra9the Lyre),Ophiuchus(the Serpent
Bearer),Hercules,Corona Borealis(the Northern Crown) and Serpens(the
Serpent) to name a few.I took a few sights with the sextant and the GPS
is pretty accurate.From the SE we are having about 13 kts apparent wind
and our speed over ground between 7.5 and 8.5 kts.Not a reason in the
world to complain as we are making excellent progress towards South
America.
And good so as well as we have a fairly tight schedule to keep due to
the World Cup Soccer and airtickets that have been booked well in
advance to secure a seat home.We are flying out of Tortola on 28
June,have just over 3000 nm to go and have to average 7 kts to make it,a
tall order but we are confident that we will make it in good time.The
run up the South American coast is always fast and inside the Lesser
Antilles fast as well.We have a lot of diesel left just in case we need
to up the pace a bit.
Yesterday Gareth tried his hand at baking bread and turns out he is a
natural.We finished the bread in one sitting.Today he conjured up some
flapjacks and for supper he presented a delicious Cottage Pie
again.Malcolm baked some rusks and after yesterdays fitness trial we aee
still recovering a bit and building our reserves for the next round.We
all did well enough and used a method of seeing for example how many
push-ups you can do in a minute.We recorded the numbers and have to
improve on our first scores.We are all in close range to each other and
I must confess that it did take some effort to stay in contention.Gareth
gave it his all and Malcolm kept up a steady pace,I nearly worked up a
sweat.Tomorrow I will post you the first two round's totals and you can
see how fit you are compared to us.
Our position at midnight UTC was 09*55'S/22*36'W.Water and air
temperature at the same time was 28*C and the barometer at 1017.COG is
291*T.
Have a fabulous day.
Paul
Lovely day in Gauteng. Today JHB stood still for a hour to salute Bafana Bafana ( must be the only country who parades their team even before they have played a match LOL)I am in downtown JHB. The streets were filled with Vuvuzela blowing people the sound was amazing even six floors up.
ReplyDeleteTv was carrying pics from Sandton, the streets were unrecognizable. Everyone is arranging to go home early on Friday to watch the opening and I think the first game.So, be thankful for your solitude & peace because you are returning to a SA gone mad.
Heres hoping you keep up the pace does seem like a tall order.
Enjoy