Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Day 6 - Happy New Year - 1 January 2019

Hi all..

10am:




Yolo position. S24.48.066 by. E3.58.193 all well aboard. Dale

Blog entry 10am :
Yesterday was good sailing in good conditions with good progress.
 As night bore on it shifted and dropped a bit but the barometer held. 
At nights cloud often forms as the water temp is high so there is a lot of humidity.
 During the day the sun normally melts it off. That together with a very late moon rising makes it a inky dark where you struggle to see the horizon. 
By early morning the barometer had risen as the high has come north. This hopefully wont last long.
Game plan is to be near or even west of rhumb line to place well pop the easterlies as one gets closer to the island. I will still be doing the odd gybe today to try keep moving. All well aboard. Happy new year to all. Dale
Blog entry received 3.35pm:
More blog. Sometime yesterday we[dale and yolo] sailed through valdiva banks. This is a very small area where the seas become shallow causing the seas to build vs. Known to be good fishing ground. Always an interesting area to transit. 
The water depth it the south atlantic can be 5000m plus in some parts. Currently the water temp is 22.5deg with the temp inside the boat at 28.5deg as interior is ventilated. Outside a lot more. The highest speed on the log is 15.5knots. Likely done in the early hours of the third day.Dale
leader board 10am 1 January 2019


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