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16 36.87 N 042 15.90 W
Mileage noon to noon :103 nm
Distance to go: 999 nm
Photo: Peg and Tom setting the pole for a downwind sail
We've been looking forward to this day. At
12:30 UTC, we crossed the 1000-miles-to-go mark. We now have only triple
digit miles to go! Our light winds continue, but we sailed all yesterday
and last night in 8-12 knot winds from the ESE and kept the boat going at about
4 knots with the yankee poled out to windward.
Sleeping last night was excellent. The boat moved
gently and quietly and all of us woke refreshed and ready for our 3 hour
watch. And it was so pleasant in the cockpit - moon and stars above and a
balmy breeze. We've seen no freighters near us; as a matter of fact, we
have seen no other ships for several days. The temperature is 80 degrees
at night and we are now wearing shorts and tee shirts on watch. We're
feeling very "tropical".
Peg let a big fish get away yesterday - it's probably
just as well, because it looked to be about 5 feet long and beyond our capacity
to handle it. Honest, this is
no fish story. It took our lure and snapped the line and thrashed around,
jumping out of the water. It was quite far from the boat by that time and
we could not determine what kind of fish it was. We have re-rigged our
line and are anticipating catching "the big one" today.
It has come to our attention that several classrooms of
students are watching our progress daily. Tom, Peg, and Garry, the crew of
Starboard Home, would like to send our greetings and good wishes to the students
in Mrs. Robinson's class, Mrs. Ellsworth's class and Miss Hart's class.
It's very nice to have all of you "aboard" with us on this adventure.
All's well on board-
Tom, Peg and Garry
s/v Starboard Home
Add: Position of s/v Island Time at 1000UTC was 16 00 N 35 52
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