Getting away from the high

Slow progress for Jean-Luc van den Heede

Position at 1300: 33°42 N / 15°16 W
10-knot ENE wind, calm sea.
Day temperature: 25° / night 19° / sea 21°
Distance covered during the last 24 hours. 188 Miles. To Cape Horn 6,015 Miles.
Lead over P. Monnet 17H.

Hello

During the last 24 hours, the wind has still remained just as weak. The anemometer has hardly gone above 10 knots. So, of course, in spite of my big 450 sqm 'Pechiney Marine' spinnaker, the average speed hasn’t been that great. But the wind has gone around gradually since yesterday, and now, after my night time gybe, it appears that I have moved away from the high-pressure front.

I’ve almost certainly already picked up the mild NE trade winds. Obviously Pierre Lasnier of Météomer has been helping me out, as in the past with his precious, and as always, accurate, daily weather advice.

Apart from that, time is slipping slowly by without any problems. Given these quiet conditions, I’ve even made a start on my first book: "Quo Vadis" a classic from the early 1900s that I had never read or seen before (I believe they made a film of it...).

Until tomorrow

JL VDH

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