ICAROS - February 13, 2020

By ICAROS on

[password] minta12
[position] 09 41.435s 017 23.374w
[weather] 15 kt SE, pleasant sunny days
[status] Still pretty quiet out here. No new ships and only a few flying fish spotted. We have been talking twice a day to several other sailboats we know. A bit of drama at the moment as one boat which is between Cape Town and St Helena has a broken prop shaft. All is under control and another boat is traveling alongside but it will be another week before they reach St Helena. Luckily St Helena is equipped to haul the boat out of the water and effect some repairs.

Neptune's Highway - February 13, 2020

By Neptunes-highway on

[password] brucelaura
[position] 8 24S 18 56W
[status] Wednesday, February 12, 2:00PM
Day 6 Give us this day our daily jibe.
We are unable to sail our rhum line as it is too deep down wind and we have to keep 20-30 degrees off in order to keep wind in the sails as we get pushed around by waves. So we are zig zagging across our course line and jibing each day. This adds miles to our passage. I calculated that for every 100 miles we sail, we make 94 miles towards our destination. We can live with that, especially when we are churning out 155 miles each day.

Neptune's Highway - February 11, 2020

By Neptunes-highway on

[password] brucelaura
[position]10 14S 16 24W
[status] Tuesday, February 11, 10:00 am
Day 5 (again)
Yesterday I mistakenly (and optimistically) posted that is was Day 5 when, in fact, it was Day 4. The mathematically inclined should have picked it up when I said that we were doing 150 mile days and had 600 miles behind us.
I'm hoping Bruce catches a fish so we can do Taco Tuesday in style. So far we've let one small bonito go and lost one that hit when we were putting a reef in the main.

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