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January 28, 2008
Day 2, Coast of Colombia
Sunrise over the Coast of Colombia
At last, shortly before 9am, we had lights winds from the east/northeast and put up the main and asymmetrical spinnaker. Not long after, the winds diminished and we took the main down. By mid-afternoon, the main went back up in a fresh northerly breeze. The winds were doing exactly as the forecast suggested they would. We started to run some calculations to determine whether we had enough fuel on board to motor-sail all the way to Panama. It became quickly apparent that we would need to call in our favours, pray to the wind gods, and hope for wind, because it was highly unlikely that the fuel would hold out the full trip.
Posted by dave at January 28, 2008 02:24 PM