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Passage Report 1

sy Timoneer

45m luxury ketch-rigged sailing superyacht

Passage Report 1

December 2, 2014 | Author admin

Noon Position 31deg 48’N. 10deg 54’ W.

Course – 220Degrees Speed – 11.5Knots Day’s Run – 240 Miles

Weather – Cloudy, Sunny intervals. Mild and getting warmer!

Wind – 20knots from NNW

Timoneer left Gibraltar on Sunday evening. We waited an extra 24 hours after re-fuelling to allow for an ugly old sea caused by recent southerly gales to dissipate before we continued into the Atlantic. This short stop also gave us a chance to visit the area around Tarifa. A place many of us have passed dozens of times and only seen from the Straits. Our guide for the day was Ray Dwyer, ex-captain of Surama and local resident for many years. Andre took the opportunity to hone his kite-boarding skills while the rest of the shore party had lunch at the Hurricane Hotel.

Yesterday’s big excitement was a close encounter with 2 large sperm whales crossing in front of us. So close, in fact, to necessitate an emergency stop! They dived in front of us and that was the last we saw of them. It’s always wonderful to see these majestic creatures at sea.

We are now 24 hours from Arrecife in Lanzarote. The winds, which were light for the first 36 hours, began to increase to a useable strength yesterday evening. Some nice motor-sailing on a beam reach for a while. More recently the breeze has veered to the NNW which is more difficult for us to keep good pressure in the sails. This looks set to continue until tomorrow when we will break the journey for a couple of days.

Still no success with the fishing!

Peter and crew.

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