P L A T I N A

In terms of weather, the timing was right to leave the Canary Islands, as we wanted to be ahead of the light winds that were forcasted for the next week. However, the seas were really rough. We’re talking ‘pound the fillings out of your teeth’ rough. The swells were exaggerated by the acceleration of the winds between the Islands. This photo of Dave shows the angle of the boat relative to the sea. We all got wet from swells rushing up the side of the boat, into the cockpit (Chis still feels damp from a massive soaker that he enjoyed minutes before coming off a watch). We found it easier than expected to slip back into our watch cycle of 3 hours on, 3 hours off, after 5 days of rest.