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First night at sea
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Tom Gruitt shares the story of his first night at sea...
"Our first night at sea was a quiet one, still with light winds but coming further behind meaning we hoisted our lightweight kite. We had a good little battle with California but as soon as we hoisted we left them for dead. Winds at the moment are still fairly light, with about 10 knots from behind meaning we are running at a speed of about 7 knots towards Finistere. In a few hours we should be putting a gybe in to cover the leading pack. We are hoping for more wind as we near Finistere, we have heard it could be up to about a F5 rounding there in the next day or so. We seem to be slowly catching the leading pack and pulling away from the people behind us, Hull & Humber are only 20 miles ahead which is nothing when we still have more than 4,000 miles still to sail.
"So far food has been great on board, with porridge for breakfast, a nice beef stew with potatoes for dinner and today I've just had a fantastic vegetable omelette for lunch! It's getting hotter and hotter as we cross the Bay of Biscay, and will continue getting hotter the further south we head. The electric fans on the boat are now starting to come in very useful, especially while sleeping. It's now time for me to sign out and get my head down for a few hours."
posted by Hyde Sails at
11:23
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