BERMUDA - HORTA 180 DTG Horta
04 July 2010 | Elmarleen
We are going slightly crazy out here. We have 180 miles to sail to Horta and 75 mile to sail to Flores. We are currently sailing a COG 39T at a speed of 3knots. I keep on recalculating and recalculating the fuel we think we have left in the tanks and I estimate we can motor for about 35 hours. That�'s about 175 miles at five knots. Pretty close hey! What if I am wrong with my estimates? What if we can�'t keep 5 knots due to any against current? The sensible thing to do would be to motor to Flores, refuel and motor to Horta. But quite frankly we don�'t want to waist any time on Flores and we need to send Tam home on a plane asap. All we need is half a day of decent wind and we would be confident we could make it. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Going crazy! A week ago we thought we would be arriving in Horta today.
Saying all of that - today must be the nicest day out here sice leaving Bermuda. Sunny and warm, with dolphins too.