Archive for November, 2004
Day Four
25th November 2004 7:41 am| Written By Graham | |
| From: Wing and a Prayer Date: Nov 25 GMT Subject: 21° 27′N 22° 57′W Skipper Graham Hughes We are now into our 4th day and settling in for a great trip. Choosing the Southly route has caused us some anxiety but we still believe it to be correct to keep us away from the bad weather and in wind, it is a little disconcerting however when the daily position reports show us lying 12th when measured on a direct line to st Lucia on the course steered we believe we are in the front group of our class The team are great taking max advantage of the watch system , rotating duties and even having a shower every 4th day — today however is the acid test Sully is on cook duty !!!! The weather has so far treated us kindly 20k NE winds and sunshine, today the forecast is for light winds of 10 k and to continue like this for sometime — making the next few days critical for the end result — whoever turns the corner first will win that is from south to west – we are 400 miles from that point ETA approx 3/4 days all for now looking forward to your text messages Graham |
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Day Two
23rd November 2004 7:40 amAuthor: Joy Hughes
Time 1000 UTC November 23 2004
Time 1000 UTC November 23 2004
Skipper Graham Hughes, Skipper’s wife Joy Hughes (The real Boss) , David Warburton and Peter O’Sullivan (pseudo Navigator)
Day Two
We have now sailed 260 miles. Sailing 237 degrees south south west. Peter has stated this will keep us in good steady winds. Average 20knots.
However there is not a ARC boat in sight. Though we have VHF contact and can listen in to all the chit chat.
Peter used the Sextant yesterday for one sighting and is in the process of getting another this morning at 12 OÂ’clock UTC. Hope his maths is correct. Christmas in Cape Town?
Was on the morning watch 5am-8am to day and watched a huge orange ball rise out of the sea, another clear and sunny day plenty of sun cream.
We had our first Happy Hour yesterday and Graham managed to spill 3 large Gin and Tonics over the galley. I took over for 3 small G/ts we need to ration the Gin.
David is on cook duty today and we have had Creamed Mushrooms and Bacon for breakfast - Warburton sailing special.
Thanks for the SMS messages keep them coming.
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Progress
16th November 2004 7:39 amHi Everybody
Just a quick note to let you know our progress
We are now ready for our Atlantic trip planning to set off on Sunday the 21st of this month
As per previous E.mails you may follow us from our web site wingandaprayer.co.uk and also from there send us free SMS text messages that we will rec, on our Sat phone , look forward to hearing from you.
We are now fully provisioned and have spent nearly 1000 pounds on food wine and beer , to give you an idea we have 180 cans of beer 36 bottles of wine 12 bottles of spirits 400 ltrs of water 25lbs of steak 4 chickens 36 loaves of bread and all the trimmings , we are known as the gourmet boat , we intend to enjoy ourselves
We expect to arrive St lucia on or about the 8th of dec and will contact with all the news then
All the best for now
Graham
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