Wind returns

VDH back on the pace in the Indian Ocean

Day 75, Position at 1300: 38°59S / 92°10E
Wind: 11 knots from NW, calm sea.
Temperatures: day 20°C / night 13°C/ sea 17°C
Distance covered in the last 24 hours: 148 miles.
To the Cape of Good Hope 3,560 miles.
Lead over P. Monnet 18 days and 14 hours.

Hello

I've finally found some wind after a long period of calm weather yesterday evening and last night. It's not a howling gale, but enough all the same for Adrien to achieve her normal speed of 10 knots. This morning, as the sea was like a millpond and the boom was finally firmly in place thanks to a steady wind, I sat astride and attempted to sew up the 10-metre edge of the main sail.

What a relief that's over. It now makes it look like the decorative style of an old sailing vessel from another age, but anything is better than the ragged edges, which were hanging down before, and which, each time there was calm weather went a bit further.

The forecast for the next five days doesn't show any wind above 25 knots...but it looks like I won't be able to avoid two periods of calm, which I hope won't last as long as the one I had yesterday!

I'm going to go back into the forties a bit to try to avoid them as much as possible.

See you tomorrow,

JL VDH

A day with the cuddly toy from the MERAND company put on board Adrien by Idée d'image