Nov 26, 2005 – 2230hrs UTC

2230hrs 26 Nov 2005 UTC 46’10”S 100’28”E Ref 588

lovely sunrise after gentle remains of reflected sunset last night. crossed 100e and 2000 to go during the night so awaiting consultationA regular engagement with alcohol. One might say this whole epic is a Consultation with a bit of a sail round it. See also Conservation Mode; Linear and Parallel Methods of Consultation with dr wendy and her special potion. a biggie – under 2000 out of about 31000 is almost on the doormat. wooohoooa primitive, exultant, gibbon-like call given out by an old geezerDictionaries define a geezer as an old person, generally an eccentric old man. Its origin likely in the word masquerader (colloquially, guiser) from Middle English gysar. Go figure, as the Americans say.; many variations as listed, in order of emphasis: Woohoo Woooohooo WOOOHOOO WOOOHOOO! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOa primitive, exultant, gibbon-like call given out by an old geezerDictionaries define a geezer as an old person, generally an eccentric old man. Its origin likely in the word masquerader (colloquially, guiser) from Middle English gysar. Go figure, as the Americans say.; many variations as listed, in order of emphasis: Woohoo Woooohooo WOOOHOOO WOOOHOOO! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!. but it is still nearly 2000 miles and the examinerShe who asks awkward questions of the crew and tests them with difficult tasks., i’m sure, has some more stern questions.

iz – any sign of sj?

[Ed: an hour later]

a clear sunrise turned to overcast with astonishing speed – under a series of rainsqualls, perhaps 35 kts, 3-5 mtr waves close together twin poledAn explanation from Malcolm: It is quite normal for a yacht to 'pole out' its jib (the foresail) on the opposite side of the boat to the mainsail when running downwind - this is called goosewinging'. A spinnaker pole is attached to the mast at one end and the back corner (clew) of the jib at the other. That holds the jib at the right angle so that it catches the wind. On Berri they've found that they can often get good performance and a comfortable ride by taking the mainsail right down and setting a second jib poled out on the opposite side to the first. with cutdown and 4 – hairy but interesting ride huge sternwave rolling up behind us as we cascade and roar down the wave fronts. the twin poles right out at the front pull us through – whereas a main with rthe same sail area would cause monster broach because leverage exerted from aft of the mast… cutdown is about 2 x size of 4, same luff length, cut down from old lightweight 1 and still has same foot as 1 so almost isosceles triangle and a brilliant sail for reaching and downwind. the two together are low down – about half the forestay – but very powerful. so drive is low and relatively safe.