Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Jim on July 22 - experimenting with sails


836 miles to go. Wind has been getting lighter. Hope that I went far enough south, but probably reached the point of diminishing returns. At 150 mile/day that puts me 5 1/2 days out. Its slow going, but I am getting a chance to experiment with sails to see what works the best. Problem is that it takes a long time to change sail combinations. Typically a couple of hours. Running lines, moving sails around, 05 trips back and forth to the bow on my hands and knees. Usual stuff.

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