32\u00ba18.7’N 58\u00ba38.9’W
\nSOG (Speed over Ground): 8 knots
\nDistance from Bermuda: 307nm
\nDistance to Horta: 1,511nm<\/p>\n

For most of the last 24 hours I have been asleep waking mostly to perform my watch duties. This morning has been a turnaround with respect to the seasickness. My appetite returned and while I’ve been cautious I have eaten and drunk more this morning than the whole of yesterday and it is still just gone 9am ship time (on board we use the time of the last port).<\/p>\n

Possibly related to my (almost) recovery is that the sea state has calmed a little. Yesterday the seas were 8-10 feet with winds in the 25 to 30 knot range. Today the seas are down to 4 feet and the wind down to 18-20 knots. We’re still making good time which means the miles to Horta are coming down each day. We’re still heading a little south of east to keep away from the bad weather system behind us. As we close on the Azores High (a mid Atlantic semi permanent weather system) we can consider going further north. We receive daily weather and routing information. Our decision to turn will be driven by this.<\/p>\n

The word for today is ?damp.? Everything is now damp and it’s impossible to get fully dry. The heavy weather of the preceding two days was impossible to leave outside. The heavy seas means it is not possible to open our hatches. So the floors are wet. Our clothes are wet or at best damp as are our towels. Are sheets are wet from the damp and our sweat. We’re looking forward to calmer weather so we can open up the hatches and get some air through the boat. Perhaps we can also get some laundry done.<\/p>\n

On the wildlife front we saw some more dolphins yesterday and overnight a flying fish managed a landing in the cockpit. Today we’ll try fishing again. Yesterday was too rough for fishing. The day before we had the lines out and managed to lose one when we turned to address the broken reef.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

32\u00ba18.7’N 58\u00ba38.9’W SOG (Speed over Ground): 8 knots Distance from Bermuda: 307nm Distance to Horta: 1,511nm<\/p>\n

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