Thanks for being patient waiting for the next blog. My great shore team will always post an update when I don't have the time to.
The wind hit 40 knots again on Tuesday which kept life interesting and a little bouncy. Since then it's steadily dropped off to my current 8 knots today, which is really only just enough to keep us moving, slowly!
In typical Southern Ocean style, the visibility hasn't been great with almost constant light, misty drizzle and not the slightest hint of a clear sky. But no complaints from me. Like I've said before, in its own way it's just as pretty as sunshine and blue water. Looking at it another way, you could always say that at least the low visibility means that you can see very little of the bad weather!
The good news is that I was able to fix the little problem with the mainsheet block easily. But the bad news is that despite spending yesterday morning trying to fix the heater, it still won't play nice! Oh well, on the scale of things the heater not working really isn't much of a problem, just one of those optional extras.
I'm really starting to get pretty excited about Cape Horn as we're getting so close now, with just over 500nm to go!
That's going to have to be it from me today as my fingers as are pretty keen to slip back into some nice warm gloves!
Jesse
Posted by Jessica Watson - http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/
The wind hit 40 knots again on Tuesday which kept life interesting and a little bouncy. Since then it's steadily dropped off to my current 8 knots today, which is really only just enough to keep us moving, slowly!
In typical Southern Ocean style, the visibility hasn't been great with almost constant light, misty drizzle and not the slightest hint of a clear sky. But no complaints from me. Like I've said before, in its own way it's just as pretty as sunshine and blue water. Looking at it another way, you could always say that at least the low visibility means that you can see very little of the bad weather!
The good news is that I was able to fix the little problem with the mainsheet block easily. But the bad news is that despite spending yesterday morning trying to fix the heater, it still won't play nice! Oh well, on the scale of things the heater not working really isn't much of a problem, just one of those optional extras.
I'm really starting to get pretty excited about Cape Horn as we're getting so close now, with just over 500nm to go!
That's going to have to be it from me today as my fingers as are pretty keen to slip back into some nice warm gloves!
Jesse
Posted by Jessica Watson - http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/
