Friday, November 15, 2013

Trade Winds - A Good Thing

The winds died about 11:30pm on Wed night and we've been motoring since. The only thing exciting to happen was the lunch break. We stopped and took a swim in the deep end of the pool. 87*F with a depth of 20,089 feet, no wind. Deep blue ocean. Really refreshing, if not a bit spooky. If you dropped something it would be tough to pick it up off the bottom of the pool.
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About 6pm the NE trades started to fill in. We sailed slowly at about 4 kts. Overnight the trades filled in to 10-12kts NE. At 3am we were doing 6.5 to 8 kts in flat, moonlit seas. Sweet.
Yesterdays run was 140 miles. DTG 162.
Paul

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2 comments:

  1. See you Sunday afternoon after you catch some 'shuteye'
    We will be leaving Puerto Rico tomorrow ( Saturday ) morning and only do a pit stop in the US Virgins to load up on Rum,

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