SOUTH BOUND AGAIN! LA PALMA HERE WE COME by Captain Arjen van der Veen

28 november 2014 - Fairtransport

DATE:28112014 GMT:0747 POS:37 42 N, 009 42 W COG:174 SOG:7.3

GENERAL SYNOPSIS: ON BOARD THE TRES HOMBRES

WIND DIR:SSW

WIND SPD:6

CURRENT DIR:S

CLOUDS:8/8

SEA STATE:2

SEA TEMP:18.9

AIR TEMP:18

AIR PRES:983.5

We left Setubal at 1300 on Thursday and picked up a South wind. Just enough to make a West course! Our plan was to sail west till we hit the North West winds behind this low pressure system we were sailing into. And that what exactly happened! A sudden wind shift after and than there was no wind for 2 hours. Just waves and heavy rain. Welcome back at sea! This morning with the rising sun we already made a good 45 miles South. The wind prediction says North winds all the way to the Canaries.

Best regards,

Arjen

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