Crossing the Equator South as the sun goes North
22 March 2015 | 02 50.3747 S 029 51.6531 W
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00 18.3700 S 028 30.0280 W Thursday 19th 21:30 UTC. Crossed the line 00 0.0000 N 028 20.7540 roughly mid day FI time today, cracked a bottle of bubbly and did the bucket of water over the head thing. 70nm today, not bad considering the wind is pretty much extinct.
01 22.3850 S 029 11.5720 W Friday 20th 22:00 UTC 78nm today, past a couple of 350 meter cargo ships heading north. 520 nautical miles to Recife.
02 22.1133 S 029 34.9305 W Saturday 20:00 UTC Head wind and Thunder Storm at the moment 460 nm to Recife.
02 50.4170 S 029 49.5740 W Sunday 13:00 UTC.
Wind! but at the moment just off the bow, so progress is still a little slow, but in a few hours the wind should be more favourable. Some large thunder storms to deal which cost quite a few cigarettes!