Sunday June 17th
We're now making our way across the southern end of the Grand Banks at a
decent pace in a 18-20kt breeze. The moderated sea made us decide to take
the short cut and we're glad we did - relatively calm seas - and our first
reading on the depth guage since leaving Irish waters.
Have been escorted by lots of bottlenose dolphins and I just had a close
encounter with a whale - it crossed our path just behind us. I didnt see it
until it "blew" about 20 feet from the port side of the boat. We are also
now aware that the fishermen here dont use AIS, so we are keeping a sharp
lookout by radar and eyeball. Looks like a long niight ahead.
2015 Campaign
Campaigning for the 2015 AZAB Race & Rolex Fastnet Race
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Blog Archive
-
▼
2012
(62)
-
▼
June
(57)
- Drinking up the atmosphere
- Fine food
- Medals
- Newport welcome
- The first drink ashore!
- Nearly there!
- Nantucket sleighride
- Land Ahoy
- Incoming!
- Gimbals
- Current affairs
- Westward bound
- Flies!
- Riders on the storm
- Caption Competition
- Tropical Spirit
- Dear Prudence
- The Birds
- One for the Rhode
- JT - clarification
- JT retires from the race
- Spinnaker at sunset
- A heads up to all inventors
- It's grand in the banks!
- Grouse or duck
- You promised us icebergs!
- Wild West Rodeo Show
- It's a dog
- A Bosch Job
- Tail of the Bank
- Grace - where are you when I need you?
- Trevor stands in as Navigator
- Dry as a bone
- Black and white
- The perfect wave
- Surfin' USA
- Atlantic High Court is convened
- Leather or rubber?
- Highland games and trouble with George
- Forestay Luff holds together
- Shortening Sail?
- Light in the darkness
- Trev, sheet in the radar please.....
- KPIs
- So long and thanks for all the ...
- Here is the BBC...
- Keep on Commenting
- My ears are hallucinating
- Dream Sleep
- The first two days
- Bishops Rock on the beam
- Loving the view
- A stitch in time....
- Certified!
- blogging via Iridium
- Spying on the competition
- Crew change
-
▼
June
(57)
Now the work starts - just as well the whale was behind you, tha'a she blows!! What with fishermen, clipper yatchs, dolphins and the odd penguin - you can't be lonely!! Keep it up fellows - always thinking of you bro!!:G)
ReplyDelete