CoCo /ARC – Day 4

28/11/14 12:00 UTC

DIST SAILED: 720 nm

DIST TOGO: 1970 nm

PRESENT SET: GENOA REACHING

Another decent 24 hr run. After a good pasta salad lunch yesterday (ala P jr.) we continued with spinnaker until 1600 hrs. At that time the wind had backed to N-NW, and we went into a tight genoa reach, which is still ongoing. Similar conditions are forecasted for the next 24 hours, before we get more into the easterly winds. ‘CoCo’ can be fairly long-legged in these conditions, something we hope to see on the polls over the coming days.

With a sail set like this the boat moves gently, goes fast and is easily handled, even by a skeleton crew. Yesterday afternoon gave time for household and office work, plus a lot of relaxation for everyone. Some small maintenance and preventive work on the bow fitting after dark, and under water, brought Brian and Peter back into Skaw Race mode for a short period of time.

Ola, perhaps missing his boardroom roles, has taken on a different kind of leadership. Yesterday he organised the crew in his new formed trade union named ‘Spirit’. There were immediate attempts to renegotiate salaries, but in the end a new tariff was agreed with the only alteration from present that changing of watch shall take place 03:00, 09:00, 15:00, and 21:00, rather than on the hour before. A reasonable compromise, and ‘CoCo’ very much remains the ‘Happy Ship’ she always was.

Dinner yesterday was a pleasant mix of minced beef and rice, intended to resemble something called chili con carne. Ola and Sebastian get the credit for that one. A great meal, and we were even allowed a ration of beer to wash it down.

At 0900 hrs this morning we dropped below 2000 nm togo, something which was celebrated with yet another egg/bacon breakfast, prepared by Henrik.

Otherwise everyone is in excellent mental and physical condition!

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