![]() Heading NE or where the wind takes us but basically north seems the go for an easy life.Ĭonsultative process seriously discombobulated by excess business with the Examiner. Big waves - it's always when things seem to be dying down that it's dangerous. I hope the seas have timer to subside a bit - it's still blowing ephelaunts off chains but the barometer is rising fast. Less that 48 hours out - great start followed by inquisatorial bashing with what looks like another to follow. Temperature inside 9 deg, outside a lot colder. ![]() 4847 07504 trip 103 DMG 70 - slowed us down a bit, that little nasty. Firefly is just showing on the propagation screen and will slowly come into range but it's been exclusively iridium for quite a long time. We are roughly mid way between Maputo in Africa and Firefly in New South Wales and I haven't been able to connect to either since before Kerguelen. On Iridium, we are in the only bit of the world that I know of that is out of range of a Sailmail station. To all of you who have contributed to the iridium tin, many thanks. If you asked for one, you will get one - but it's not instant gratification as I've said before, they will leave Kerguelen on RV Marion Dufresne at the end of March and reach Reunion in April. There seems to be a bit of anxiety as to who is getting a Kergy envelope. Now that we have sorted how the programme works, it's easier to prepare. bHeadbanging into 30 kts in these seas is not good karma, so we might just heave to and let it blow through. Will be very interesting to compare the gribs with our track iff we get to Hoibart. We will have to see what happens but that's the plan. There's a 30 kt easterly - at 48 south, an easterly! what's the world coming to? - due tomorrow but it looks like a fairly narrow band on the grib so we are trying to use the remains of the last nasty to get us as far north as possible, way into the easterly band and if possible through it. ![]() WISH COMPANIES WOULD STOP TRYING TO OUTGUESS ME FULLI've just got into full party gear - after sponging the grot from the bilges - and poled out the headsail (no main in this drop of the turbs). ![]()
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