VDH suffers calms

Path south faulters

Day 28, Position at 1300: 42°54 S / 57°27 W
Wind 23 knots from ESE. Moderate sea.
Temperature: day 14°C / night 11°C / sea 10°C
Distance covered in the last 24 hours: 166 miles.
To Cape Horn 884 miles.
Lead over Monnet 4 days and 19 hours.

Hello

Yesterday was a great day with some fine winds from WNW, but everything changed during the night. The wind abated and came around to the SW, S then the E.

Unfortunately at that point, the wind was all blown out, so we were becalmed for at least three hours, and found ourselves alongside two fishing boats. The wind slowly got up again, but head on, and now it’s strengthening!

I’ll spare you the details of all the work that went on because of this changing wind.

Today is going to be very busy with communications, since the Paris Boat Show is opening its doors. There is a radio report everyday at 11.30 on the stand for Les Sables d'Olonne right up to and including Saturday the thirteenth. Besides that, this evening at 6 o’clock, I’ll be doing a video conference link with Catherine Chabaud and JP Raffarin.

Finally, at 7.30 p.m. there will be another video link, once again at the same stand with my partner Celerant Consulting, who is organising a cocktail reception for the event.
So, in short, with the work on Adrien and the satellite communications, I’ll be keeping busy.

Hope those who attend will have a nice time at the Boat Show. See you on Sunday,

JL VDH

A day with a little mouse, Laure and Claire ROSELLO’s cuddly toy.