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Archie about to stop, said Eddie

20/12 - 12 days - 16'31'N, 37'58'W-700 miles west of Cape Verde

Today I finally got up a little bit of wind, not much but enough to go sailing , because the diesel engine is no more. From now on everything will be sailing to Grenada, willy-nilly. So this morning we have the huge spinnaker of 525 m2, allowing us to sail at about 7 knots with only 10 knots of wind. But the spinnaker sail is a capricious, which must be monitored closely, and so today will touch on autopilot and let it rest timoneggiare. For me not so bad because my shifts are at dawn and dusk when it's cool. In fact in the middle of the day the heat is unbearable. We're all under a blanket in the shade, Jof only takes the helm in the sun and really do not know how it goes.

The mood, however, is not the best, but for Walter and me that we are on the whole peaceful. In particular, Leggy and depressed, he wanted to arrive before Christmas also because it coincides with his birthday. It's all morning, with typical English humor, joke that to get lost in the ocean, the mayday call for us to draw from a ship, or otherwise. Behind these bars, however, lurks an uncomfortable reality.

I personally do not like how the boat is handled. I it seems that we should begin to take an inventory of resources (food, water, energy) and measure consumption with much more attention, instead it continues to waste and overeating. Junk food is almost done now ... I fear that the last days this will force us to have to tighten their belts, seriously - fortunately there are large quantities of pasta and rice on board, so there will still be something to eat and may even be healthier than before. We hope that the next day the wind strengthened so as to recover lost time and arrive shortly after Christmas.

Archie last night, and that 'a lord, he showed me pictures of his home: he lives in a promontory very beautiful on the west coast of Scotland. Almost uninhabited area, they even have a beach staff. He then started to go sailing very small, as well as hiking and hunting, the real activity in the area. It seems that hunters from all over Europe go there because it is one of the few places where you can shoot the deer, paying up to £ 1000 per day for the privilege of doing so. It starts early in the morning, with binoculars in search of the pack. Choosing an old copy (it seems that the deer after a certain age lose their teeth and die of hunger) and you approach downwind. This approach may take up to 6 hours ... then shoot one shot in the chest, neck or leg, to ensure al cervo una morte immediata o l'impossibilità di fuga. Poi alcune ore per riportarlo alla base. Si può portare via tutta la carne che si vuole, il resto si lascia al guardiacaccia che la rivende ai macellai. Un bel business, non c'é dubbio....

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still calm a disturbance

18/12 - gg 10 - 20'27'N,32'16'W, 450 miglia a NW di Capo Verde

Ieri abbiamo attraversato una perturbazione davvero brutta, con raffiche di vento fino a 45 nodi. La perturbazione é durata tutta la notte di ieri e buona parte della giornata, e nessuno ha chiuso occhio per il rumore della prua che sbatteva sulle onde. Inoltre, abbiamo fatto pochissimo progresso verso la destinazione perché il vento ci veniva da Sud Ovest, proprio dove dovevamo andare noi. Io ho dormito malissimo perché tutti gli oblò erano sigillati e c'era un'aria pessima in barca, e poi durante la giornata mi sono sentito rather exhausted. All were in fact down, because we have so far been very unlucky with the weather, wind or no wind or not, and besides we met three disturbances, the last of which a very low latitude, where there would never be payable. Now we should be in the trade winds, but there is calm and we're going to motor last night. By now we should definitely get there after Christmas. In these cases, the most important thing is not to get caught by anxiety ... it seems that the crew is all rather a bit down in the dumps. The situation is what it is, and you have to live there. Hopefully in twenty best in the coming days! Right now missing 1750 miles on arrival, scheduled for 27 if everything goes smoothly.

If anything, we should perhaps begin to control what we eat and consume oil as a precaution. That is to say, however, that if there is no wind we are still adrift.

We'll see what happens in the coming days. Meanwhile there is sunny and very warm. I stand in the shade because I know the strength of the tropical sun, but Legy it is placed in the sunlight (without cream) and is almost instantly and got burned Sunshine.

We took advantage of calm in order to clean the boat from top to bottom, Walter's birthday (which was yesterday) with cake and hats party, and change the staple, which has been torn in the low pressure. It was expected, since it is very old, and in fact we set up a bow again. We have also prepared the spinnaker, as we expect winds from astern (sooner or later). The operation is cumbersome: it is the spiritual that the flakes are huge and heavy, it took four people to get them out of the huge drag on the stern and bow. Meanwhile, there is a school of dolphins came to visit - so many that now we see almost no more effect than before. But now we are beginning to see the fish which in English are called flying fish, because glide over the waves. They are truly spectacular, with their lateral fins that seem wings! Now it is Everything is ready, lacking only the wind ...

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19/12-gg11- 18'18'N, 35'41'W - 600 miglia a ovest di Capo Verde

Anche oggi giornata piatta, il mare é un olio turchese appena increspato da 2 nodi di brezza e dai flying fish che planano sulla sua superficie. Stiamo tutti in attesa del vento, guardando l'indicatore del gasolio che piano piano scende e che potrebbe portarci a having to stay adrift if the case continues to go well. Jof is nervous, has today reinforced the spinnaker and the boat continues to move about like a caged lion, looking through the guidance of the Caribbean islands. The others are bored, they continue to browse the same magazines and trying to kill time anyway. Meanwhile, because of the time I wake up hours before dawn, and I enjoy this show on the deck while everyone is asleep and Archie leafs through a magazine full of tits. For some days I do some yoga at dawn, I need to keep the body loose as the rest are still. It's a beautiful moment of the day, breathing in tune with the large ocean waves that, like the dunes of the desert, approaching and we raise, allowing a view of the horizon and then decreased on the other side.

Yesterday I dared to cook for the crew, Thai green curry with chickpeas. It was quite pleasant, except the captain, who has added some pieces of sausage for a bit of meat ....

Today during my watch we have found a flying fish on deck must be blown up during the night and is no longer able to fall into the water. Or maybe a fish is suicidal, tired of so much blue, wanted to discover to his cost what lies beyond the curtain which filters the sunlight. Walter has scaled and marinated, and it was a great appetizer per il pranzo. Oggi, inoltre, sotto la supervisione di Walter ho fatto per la prima volta tutti i calcoli necessari per rilevare la nostra posizione col sestante in base al sole. É davvero complicato e lungo, ma alla fine é venuta una posizione abbastanza accurata. Nei prossimi giorni cerco di esercitarmi. Per il resto leggo, medito, gioco a carte e chiacchiero. Comunque, in realtà non si é creato un vero gruppo. Io parlo soprattutto con Walter e Georgie, con gli altri sono chiacchiere a un livello davvero molto superficiale. Ognuno sta molto per fatti suoi, con l'ipod nelle orecchie, riviste, a guardare DVD su un laptop o altro. Peccato, ma va bene anche così. 

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14/12- 6 days - 26'20'N, 23'26'W, 300 miles SW of Canary

today are really in form perhaps because I slept just fine with a little trick that I explained that Georgie and I have perfected. This is to lift the mattress and put it to the side so as to compensate for the tilt of the boat and sleep more horizontal. I put my side of the cushion to prevent the mattress falls into place and I must say it works great wing!

Last night there was an incredible shattered and many shooting stars, I'll have seen at least thirty without paying much attention ... and besides were very large, and sometimes walked a large part of the sky. It seems to be due to the fact that the earth has gone through a meteor shower. Today, most of the day there was little wind and the English are immediately put in costume to enjoy the sun. For now I'll stop here, the boat is inclined at 45 'and otherwise I get a stiff neck.

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