Sunday, 12 December 2004
Noon Position : 23’29″N 36’20 W
Course 269 degrees Speed 11.0 knots Days Run : 259 miles
Weather : Clear & Sunny Wind : 40 degrees 20 knots
News
Saturday afternoon the breeze finally decided to cooperate and started to build from the north by 1400. We wanted to take advantage of the nice wind angle the Northerly provided and hoisted the full main followed by the genoa and mizzen. The breeze held out surprisingly well and we sailed for the next 18 hours straight covering 259 miles in the 24hours. In the light spots of 12-14kts our speed would dip to 8.5kts but generally we could average 12.5kts in 18kts of breeze and topped out at our max speed for the day of 13.8kts in one of the gusts.
John