Tuesday, Nov. 22nd , 18:10 UTC. Position 23°55.585 N/23°07.216 W
The log reads 428.6 nm so you can say we're well underway :-) We're steering 210° heading for the trade winds and doing about 160 nm per day. The weather is still very fine and also the nights go good too. With help of the manual espresso machine Marc brought as a present and the energy drinks we took along, it's not too hard to wake up for the night watch. Still, we decided to change it to a 3 hr schedule with 2 hrs overlap so we all get to sleep at least an hour more.
This morning we had some bad luck with the genaker. We had just set it when the wind picked up. We were already on our way to drop it when a gust came and ripped the genoa. We could get it back in and it's not badly damaged but we can't use it anymore before we make landfall. We still have the one from Marc and also the spinnaker, so we're still fine.
Then the genoa didn't want to furl in. The leading eye the rigger fixed in Puerto Calero was gone ?
Anyway, this time Marc went up the mast and with a little slack in the halliard it works fine again.
Later we all used the shower I made. That works really fine and is very refreshing although the water is quite warm. Showering with salt water is something you have to get used to though. The first few times it itches after a while :-)
This afternoon I wasn't feeling too well so I had a good sleep and that helped a lot. Marc in the mean time shot the sun and worked out a position. After some recalculations the YES !! was there... meaning he was right on target. After I woke up I took a sight too but I didn't get to do the calculations yet …
Anyway, the plan is to take daily sights and get some more practice. If it works we will use them to navigate going west.
