Thursday November 11th 1200 Local
Position 30′ 08″N 013′ 53″ W
Course: 229′ T Speed: 12 Kts Days run: 291 Miles
Wind: Direction 020’T Speed 20 Kts
Weather: Overcast
News:
Timoneer motor sailed throughout the evening with the main and staysail as the wind steadily veered until almost from straight behind. At the same time the breeze built to 20 knots and the swell slowly increased giving us a bit of a roll to contend with. The crew did a fire drill today and tested the fire hose, even tried to spray some salt water on the new staysail in hopes that the salt will stave off any mold problems. Pretty amazing how the traffic starts to dwindle once you clear the straits, we came across a few Moroccan fishing boats about 80 miles south of the straits but now barely see a boat on watch. You get the occasional large ship but most are small sailing boats on their way to the Canaries to join the ARC race across to the Caribbean.
John