Passage Report 5
Noon Position 22 deg. 34’ N. 041 deg. 18’ W.
Course – 253 Degrees Speed – 10 Knots Day’s Run – 264 Miles
Weather – Clear and sunny. 74F
Wind – 8 knots from ESE
The windless area around us seems to be expanding. Below is the view from our new mast camera on the starboard mizzen spreader. Looking at the latest weather charts it seems that this calm is moving west at the same speed as us, so we will be in it for at least the next 2 days and probably longer; maybe even all the remaining 1200 miles to Antigua.
But conditions are better for fishing. This ….
…. Makes this…! (plus 3 huge fillets still in the fridge.)
It was also a good morning for our astro-navigator. The sextant comes out at about 7am. Prep work is already done for the stars we are going to use. In 10 minutes Jonny shot Capella, Dubhe (in Ursa Major,) Pollux, (one the Gemini twins,) Spica (constellation of Virgo,) Sirius (Big Dog) and (for good measure,) Jupiter with yours truly taking the times. Calculations done, he finished with a satisfying 5-sided polygon surrounding our position.
So we’re sure about where we are.
Aye, aye.
Peter and crew