Hi all
Dave here for a change.... I thought I would try and do a brief update from sea.
We are at the end of day 3 on our Atlantic Ocean crossing and heading towards St. Helena Island. Our position is approximately 175 miles west offshore from Luderitz, Namibia and we have 1231 miles remaining to reach our tiny destination in the middle of the South Atlantic.
We had a rough first 2 days start to this passage with winds around 25 to 30 knots from the South and big seas around 3 to 4 meters. But the good news resulting from that was we covered over 180 miles each of those days... Not to bad for us :) Today the winds died to a more pleasant 15 to 20 knots still from the south, so we took out the 2 reefs we had in the mainsail and enjoyed the sunshine and somewhat smaller seastate.
Poor Ben had caught a cold just before we left Cape Town and even though he eventually got over it poor Gaby now has it. Never fun to be sick when at sea!!! Guds and I are pumping vitamins determined not to catch it, as we do all the sailing and have to be healthy on such a long passage with about 8 or 9 days remaining at sea.
We have seen a ton of ships on AIS and close up as we slowly transit through the main shipping route around Africa.
On tonight's dinner menu is burgers and a salad :) Guds is an absolute trooper...always keeping her scurvy crew fed and watered :)
That's about all for now.... It's 6.11pm and I will start getting things ready for tonight's watch.....listening to some good music and watching the sun slowly fading.
A big thanks to all that have emailed us on the sattelite phone email hibberd@myiridium.net (no attachments please) and for the comments on the blog.... They are very much appreciated and so lovely to read when we are at sea.... Gives us a feeling that we are not completely isolated out here.
Cheers Dave
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