The Onion Patch Gets Closer

..but very slowly. Airs have continued to be very light predominantly easterly – rarely above 10 knots and mostly in single figures but we have continued on a variety of fetching, tight reaching and upwind to get in the right general direction. Day 4 was very gentle sailing with 1 Portuguese Man O’War seen briefly, multiple flying fish and multiple shooting stars in a very clear first half of the night. After a marathon 12 hour session Nicola completed the hand repair of the No 2 which we are saving until conditions are even lighter. For the moment we are making 6-7 knots in the right general direction under a beautiful cloudless sky. We have numerous boats around us in various directions many of which seem to choose the invisibility cloak of switching off AIS. At the moment no clear estimate of arrival as totally wind dependent and winds and forecasts not entirely in sync! A few pics showing some light showers (!) and a novel use of the West Marine Safety Bucket (as fashionable protective headware from rain modelled by the co-owner], the start, sailing along and the inevitable sky pic.

Comments are closed.