...only Larking About" says the sign hanging in the galley. So we will not complain about the lack of useful wind: the fact is, we still made about 85nm Easting in the last 24h, and have only just now given up trying to sail, and turned on the motor.
Thurs May 22 0630 Berm Time, 0930 GMT, 36010N 5258W Wind W 8kts Seas 2ft Sunny
For some reason the skipper has been stingy with spending diesel: maybe he is miserly, or just hates the thought of being a stink-potter. Anyway, we have a lovely morning for a motor boat ride, and the Offwatch are still sound asleep despite the noise of the engine. And we do have a lot of fuel left: so far we have used 7 gallons out of 190 total: might use another 7 today, though. We would try the gennaker sail, but experience (confirmed just two days ago) tells us that it will not work in light airs with any sort of swell running: the top of the mast - about 59ft 8in. above the water - moves some eight feet side to side in the swell we have, and that is enough to mess up the set of the sail.
All on Adventuress is shipshape, and the crew are in good form. Bob has been his usual happy self, and his old "Newfie" jokes are new at least to Dave!
John and Nancy, with Bob and Dave
In 2014 Adventuress sailed to Europe. She made landfall in Muxia Spain; then England. After cruising the English South Coast, and the Channel Islands, she wintered at Woodbridge, England. The next three summers we cruised England, Holland, Norway, Denmark, France, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar. For the foreseeable future Adventuress will sail in Europe. UPDATE: it's October 2021 and we are sailing her back to the USA: Transat passage will be Nov/Dec: expect to be in Florida end of January.
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