09.02.2008
Temenos II hooked onto the right wagon
The happy period continues aboard Temenos II, which has been continuing to lap
up the benefits of its E’ly positioning over the past 48 hours. With a lead of
202 miles over the Spanish boat, which is now in a different weather system, the
monohull is displaying speeds in excess of 4 knots more than their pursuer and
is making the most of the situation to stretch ahead.
By managing to hook onto the rear of a depression system, Michèle and Dominique
have managed to climb aboard the right wagon and shouldn't have to get off it
again before tomorrow. Level with the Canary Islands, the duo are expecting to
be slowed prior to the arrival of a new low, which is likely to enable them to
close on the gateway to Gibraltar, the final course mark before their arrival in
Barcelona.
“We went quicker than forecast” recounted Dominique when contacted this
afternoon, “and that enabled us to hook onto the depression system by making
northing. We’re going to make headway with it as far as the Canaries, which we
should reach tomorrow, where it will become stationary and fade on zone. We will
be stopped in the high pressure during a weather transition, but we hope to get
going again by catching up with the S'ly side of a new low, which is set to
arrive on zone between Monday and Tuesday.
The seas are quite built up and a component of it is hitting us on the nose,
which is making the boat slam, whilst another component is approaching us
laterally, which is tending to make us roll. It’s not very pleasant to hear the
boat slam, but everything's going well and we're satisfied that we're able to
make good headway. The wind is gusting a bit so we're helming to try and relieve
the boat a little.”
Kate Jennings
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