Sunday 11th March 2018
Dead calm again all day and we are motoring at a steady 5 knots about 20 degrees north of our direct course to St. Helena in the hope of picking up some wind earlier. The forecasts all agree that there may be a light 10 knot breeze by tomorrow evening, but whether it will enable us to stop motoring is another question. It reminds me that this is exactly what we were doing this time last year, crossing the doldrums towards Galapagos with Emily.
Nothing much happened today, except that mid-afternoon we turned off the motor, chucked a fender and a line over the stern for safety and Mark and I went for a swim. Justin, as is his wont, kept a close eye open for large shapes in the water below us, but thankfully there were no alarms. Most refreshing!
Justin produced an excellent lasagne for supper, with which we ventured a glass or two of fine South African Pinotage, as there was little likelihood of anything else requiring our urgent attention. However a ship did briefly flash into existence on the AIS screen, but its closest point of approach was forecast as 99.8 miles away as it headed south east for the Cape.
Now as I come off watch at 9pm a zéphyr of breeze has enabled us to raise all sail while we still motor on and it adds a knot to our speed which is encouraging.
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