Jan 11, 2005 – 2200hrs

Hi all y’all – ive just been chastised for my grammar but english evolves doesn’t it?

thanks for today’s crop of wit and wisdom. particularly liked the one about deodorant…

We’ve been reducing sail all day and now down to #5 and no main in about 50 kts and bigger waves than when we hove to off eden a couple of weeks ago. Slowed right down for the night but no stars this time. Poo bum. listening to radio oz on the HFHigh Frequency – usually refers to HF radio which is long range digital radio that Berrimilla used to send all but a few of the logs on both circumnavigations. The radio was connected via a Pactor 3 digital modem to Alex’s laptop and used the Sailmail software application called Airmail to send emails and pull in emails, weather and GRIB files. Airmail also supports Iridium satellite telephone messaging and Alex used this as backup when the HF radio died approaching England. cos too wet to read or fiddleFiddle: a little wooden wall to stop things sliding off a flat surface with discman.