L'Eau Commotion Westabout

Day 64 8pm Saturday 10th August 2019 ( UTC +2 )
For Ian and those of you wondering how those little yellow dots got there here goes my attempt at an explanation. For any record sail speed attempt under the auspices of the World Sail Speed Record Council it is a requirement that your position be broadcast every two hours. This automated broadcast by the Iridium Go to one only email address can be set up under the unlimited data plan at periods ranging from minutes through to days but not the two hour interval. The one hour interval is available though and this is what is broadcast. I contacted Lisa Blair's publicist who put me onto Siim in Estonia who kindly offered to run this information through his server on the background of the Windy weather map. The timing of this broadcast is a little tricky though. Once put in the Iridium Go via The iPhone it sends out the signal once it is rebooted and communications established with a passing satellite which can take a short but variable time of two or three minutes. This was done to be as close to the hour as possible but since set up there is a small drift which I think can also be affected by sending or receiving information at that time. At the moment it is sending the message out every hour at 3 minutes and 20 seconds past the hour which it has just done. You may be able to cross check this precise figure of S 34 26.490' E 30 31.850' UTC 201908101803.
The Northerly is a little stronger than the 25 knots predicted so we are running slightly off the wind under double reefed main and storm staysail. I was in the cockpit making some adjustments to the rig when I looked up to see a largish wave staring me in the face. I instinctively ducked with the result that most of it poured down the back of my neck then continued to trickle down to my toes. Thank heaven for that extra dry washing.