Light Wind Make Work
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November 13, 2018
Day 40
Noon Position: 36 35S 118 50W
Course(t)/Speed(kts): S 5
Wind(t/tws): WNW 9 – 11
Sea(t/ft): SSW 8; W 1
Sky: Stratus on the horizon; otherwise clear
10ths Cloud Cover: 3
Bar(mb): 1022
Cabin Temp(f): 70
Water Temp(f): 59
Relative Humidity(%): 49 (wow, dry!)
Sail: Reaching with #1 and scandalized main.
Noon-to-Noon Miles Made Good (nm): 66
Miles since departure: 5106
Avg. Miles/Day: 128
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For hours we had taken from the dying wind what we could, the sails softly spilling in the troughs some of what they’d so ardently gathered at the crests of that ...
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