Rio Grande to Enseada Pinheira - Day 3
12/11/11 22:55 Filed in: Brazil | On Passage
Around midnight the wind backed then died away to less than 5 knots. We spent the early hours ghosting along at around 1 knot.
Then at around 08:00 the wind resumed from the SE to 12-14 knots. A glorious morning's sailing and I sat in the cockpit thoroughly enjoying it. The sea was a deep blue under a celeste sky with scattered light fluffy clouds. The stuff armchair sailors dream of.
Noon run 72.1 miles. Not bad considering 8 hours of ghosting.
A little mistake on my Navionics electronic chart.
Glorious sailing.
Later in the afternoon and on into the evening the wind increased to around 17knots and backed ESE/E.
Car carrier "Shenandoah Highway" northbound to seaward.
Later with the wind at 22 knots I put one reef in the main and took in 50% of the yankee.
Then at around 08:00 the wind resumed from the SE to 12-14 knots. A glorious morning's sailing and I sat in the cockpit thoroughly enjoying it. The sea was a deep blue under a celeste sky with scattered light fluffy clouds. The stuff armchair sailors dream of.
Noon run 72.1 miles. Not bad considering 8 hours of ghosting.
A little mistake on my Navionics electronic chart.
Glorious sailing.
Later in the afternoon and on into the evening the wind increased to around 17knots and backed ESE/E.
Car carrier "Shenandoah Highway" northbound to seaward.
Later with the wind at 22 knots I put one reef in the main and took in 50% of the yankee.