LAT 15°35.249 N
LON 17°22.262 W
Speed 5.8kn
Course 180°
UTC time: 21:18:49
UTC Date: 14-11-2011
TTG (time to go): 13:33H Destination Dakar
Drinking G&T in my berth, enjoying the high humidity and perfect temperature of 27°C.
Today we had a frustrating day of sailing. The wind direction and speed was perfect, but the waves kept on coming from the wrong angle so the genova and the front jib kept slaping pretty hard, putting (too) much stress on the main mast. So we had to finally give up our perfect course of 195° south, to a bit less favourable 170° that keeps on changing to a better direction.
Because of the waves from the wrong angle I mentioned before, the night was also kind of fucked up. The boat kept on rolling pretty hard so I just replaced Sven (who was sea sick again) and had my 4 hour shift solo. Nice night, but no sleep after. I woke up like a boxer after a 9 round night. Difficult to describe, but I guess some of you can imagine.
During the day we saw a lot of flying fishes, which gave me the idea to try to catch them with a net. No success… But I was on duty today, so the day passed very quickly, pretty much in the kitchen and under the deck, then a watch from 1400 to 1700 and luckily most of the time with the most intrataining member of the crew, Carmen.
I was just thinking. How beautifully irrelative time is on the sea. Hours feel like days, but days feel like minutes. We’re a week at sea now and it feels like we just left Tenerife.
One thing is sure. Tomorrow we’re all gona be land sick!
After a quick briefing about safety and general dos and don’ts in Dakar held by Cristoff, me and Hadas started to think about our problems. Both with big plans about travelling as far as possible and both without visas… I wonder is 20€ will be enough to buy me an entrance to Senegal.
Quote of the day: “I can’t believe that the boats entire navigation system is based upon a mobile phone” Hadas, about the iSail the most used chart program on the boat…
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