Finally got to sail at Noon yesterday.  Fabulous run with the pink spinnaker up.  Left it up into 18 knots so was hard work to drop as the sock was stuck and didn’t come down over the sail. Then it was through the front at 02:20.  Only light rain and a modest wind increase.  Wind [...]

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When we talked to Karen on Red Herring at 18:00 last night it was clear we should take more food to Niuatoputapu as the supply boat hadn’t been for 5 months.  The wife of the beach pub owner drove Mary around to lots of shops to collect bags of rice and flour and change US [...]

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Position:5.565,-80.454 at 07:00 local, 13:00 BST 24hr run: 94 miles GPS, 92 miles log. ETA Galapagos at 5 knots: 19:35 local 23rd May Wind: South 8knots Sea: smooth with SW swell 1.5m Skye:  70% cloud cover no thunder clouds Light winds mostly just enough to sail hence below 100 mile 24 hour run.  Enough to [...]

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