Thursday July 15th
Noon position: 39′ 04″N 59’40” W
Course 079’T Speed: 12.5 Knots Days Run: 314 Miles (noon-noon)
Weather: Partly Cloudy Wind: 220’T 18 Kts
News:
Timoneer has made steady progress motor sailing in the current of the Gulf stream, which has been pushing the speed over the ground to 15.7 knots at times. We have opted to take this more Southerly course rather than the great circle route which would have us just off the coast of Nova Scotia. This is to avoid any ice that the Labrador current might be pushing down over the Grand Banks. The possible ice area extends South to 44 N and East to 48 W longitude, once we are East of that position we will head North to Iceland. The only major drama aboard at the moment is the gimbals on the stove have seized up, forcing Penny to cook with rather deep pots and pans. The boys insist that her refusal to deep fry fish and chips in the galley has lead to a lack of lubrication for the bearings.
John