Wednesday November 11th 1200 Local
Position 33′ 18″N 009′ 41″ W
Course: 229′ T Speed: 11.6 Kts Days run: 284 miles
Wind: Direction 350’T Speed 11.6 Kts
Weather: Overcast and threatening rain
News:
The new staysail for Timoneer arrived at 2100 Monday evening and with lots of heaving along with help from the spinnaker halyard we loaded the 400lb sail onto the foredeck for the night. Tuesday morning at 0930 we moved to the bunker jetty to take on 19.5 tons of diesel fuel, or gas oil if you want the dock lingo. I had a few quotes and found Gibraltar to be about $8/ton less than Tenerife so we filled up completely. While we were fueling the boys spliced some new lashings for the staysail sheets. After the sheets were attached we hoisted the new sail and were pleasantly surprised to find that it was exactly the right luff length (well done Tomac). At 1135 we departed the fuel jetty and headed into the traffic separation scheme in the straits of Gibraltar. Again it was strangely calm with light winds until this morning when it finally started to get over 15 knots for the first time since we left Palma. With the current conditions and boat speed we should arrive in Tenerife late Thursday evening or very early Friday morning.
John