ravings of a madman.Sure,when musing I produce pure poetry,so to dilute
it a bit I add some ramblings and leave you to connect the dots.Tonight
will be full moon.Out on the ocean,on full moon,the sun sets at exactly
the same time as the moon is rising.Yesterday at sunset we nearly
witnessed a green flash.This is a phenomenon one seldom sees,a burst of
green light just as the sun dips below the horizon.It requires very
little or even better no clouds.Apparently it is the last visible colour
in the colour spectrum and you can probably google greenflash and learn
more about it.I have been fortunate enough to have seen it a few times.
We had a fairly slow night sailing and motoring.This morning as the sun
started to lighten the eastern skies,along come a bit of stronger wind
and even a little drizzle as a darker cloud moved over.It has stayed
with us and the sea is fairly bumpy,impeding our progress somewhat.If
the wind stays with us the swell with build and become more evenly
spaced making for a smoother passage.We are furling in the headsail as
the conditions get a bit more demanding.
Our weather prediction is predicting less wind,and at this stage a
little more is better for us than a little less than predicted.We are
sailing straight north waiting for the wind to start veering east and
even south,all the way around when it should start coming from the
northwest,closer to the Azores.We can then start heading for Madeira
which is about 1000nm away.One can't always sail straight where you want
to go and motoring straight to Madeira will be a lot slower than sailing
around the longer way.As with all things,we know it will change,it must
change,but we are looking mighty forward to our stop at Madeira,for many
reasons.
Yes,hard times for all aboard,also for different reasons.Brad was nearly
in with a job on a superyacht and e mailed the first mate,having taken a
lot of time to get his wording perfect.A friend of his landed a job on
the boat and informed Brad that they will be looking for a deckhand in
the next two months and Brad should forward his CV to the first mate
which Brad did.Unfortunately his application was not successful and he
was obviously dissapointed.But you can't keep a good man down and soon
he will be rearing to face the feature again,more determined than
before.We are fortunately a tight knit unit on this boat and support
each other through our trials and tribulations,whatever they may be.
We just opened the mainsail to spill some wind and take pressure of of
our rigging and seem to be running a bit smoother.The wind is sitting at
a steady 22/23 kts and our speed is round about 6.5 kts.so not much
poetry today,or ramblings or ravings,just a glimpse of how it is out
here.We wish you a safe weekend and will drop a little letter in your
inbox in the morning.
Our position at AM 09:00 UTC was 21*23'N/33*05'W.Sunny skies outside
with some shatterred clouds,temperature a mild 23*C and the barometer at
19mb/hPa.Our Oregon Scientific weather station is predicting sunny
skies.Saw a ship at 7am this morning,a rainbow,got our lure out,Brad had
some dolphins visiting on his 3 to 6 am shift this morning.And with
that,over to you.
Paul
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