Catou's Web Diary - (Blog No.28) Delays again!

(Blog No.28) Delays again!

Catou

Paul and Sylvie Tucker

Sun 28 Nov 2010 22:29

Well we have gone from one extreme to the other! (with a few good hours sailing in between).

Today (Sunday) the wind has increased to gale force and we have taken quite a pounding all day (as you can see from the previous blog sent earlier today). Have decided to heave to at 1800 hours this evening. 'Catou' is more comfortable and not pounding or taking heavy seas as earlier. Forecast is for at least two more days of this gale, so it's a grim prospect sitting here going backwards in a SE'ly direction at 2.5 knots and drifting north of the Cape Verde Islands. But we are safe and have battened down the hatches. Somehow Sylvie has managed to produce a great pasta dish. Gin holding out well. Will have to read our books that we were saving for the downwind sailing in the non-existent Trade winds!

Paul, Sylvie and Ben.

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Fri 24 Dec 12:29
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Wed 15 Dec 16:36
- Final day at sea
Tue 14 Dec 16:10
- (Blog No. 44)
Mon 13 Dec 16:24
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Sun 12 Dec 17:12
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Sat 11 Dec 15:42
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Thu 9 Dec 14:22
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Wed 8 Dec 14:29
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Tue 7 Dec 14:18
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Mon 6 Dec 14:15
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Sun 5 Dec 13:46
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Sat 4 Dec 18:43
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Fri 3 Dec 13:17
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Thu 2 Dec 13:16
- (Blog No.32) Happy belated birthday to Catou Command centre, London!
Wed 1 Dec 13:17
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Tue 30 Nov 14:02
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Mon 29 Nov 16:46
- (Blog No.29) It's very rough out here!
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Sat 31 Jul 20:50
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Sat 24 Jul 18:05
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Thu 1 Jul 12:12
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Mon 28 Jun 18:32
- Departure and 1st leg to Camaret
Sat 26 Jun 22:10
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