{"id":10894,"date":"2014-06-12T11:21:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T11:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/2014\/06\/two-very-different-days-in-the-north-atlantic-2\/"},"modified":"2015-09-22T23:19:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T23:19:38","slug":"two-very-different-days-in-the-north-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2014\/06\/two-very-different-days-in-the-north-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Two very different days in the North Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Parasailor-at-sunset-1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sunset.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/A-gray-morning-in-the-North-Atlantic.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/View-from-the-bridge.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"291\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yesterday, on the third day of <em>Aventura<\/em>&#8216;s passage to Greenland, it suddenly felt as if we had been miraculously transposed to the Mediterranean. The sun was shining out of a deep blue sky, the sea was sparkling in the late afternoon, the air temperature rose to 20 degrees, and off our port bow a pod of whales were busy having a late lunch. After dinner, with the skies still clear and a good wind, we hoisted the Parasailor, agreed on the order of night watches, and were all set up for a quiet night. At 2230, while a full moon was showing its pale face veiled by a thin cloud, the sun finally started its long descent towards the northern horizon and we were rewarded by a specacular sunset worthy of a Turner painting.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after midnight, the wind piped up, so we had to douse the spinnaker and continue with the white sails. At about 0330 during Ivan&#8217;s watch, from my cosy forward cabin I felt the boat accelerating, heard the sails flapping, so quickly rushed to the cockpit to lend a hand. Indeed, the wind had gone up to 28 knots, and we had to quickly reduce sail.<\/p>\n<p>Within a mere six hours everything had changed, and here was our first taste of real Arctic weather: a rainy, grey sky and grey seas. But <em>Aventura<\/em> was happily romping along, taking the rising winds and swell in her stride. I took over from Ivan, and with nothing left to do in the cockpit, I came inside. I made myself a hot chocolate and settled down at the navigation station for the rest of my three-hour watch.<\/p>\n<p>Looking out of the surrounding windows from my comfortable armchair, it suddenly struck me that even in this kind of filthy weather, life at sea can still be enjoyable&#8230;. if you have the right boat, and the mindset to go with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, on the third day of Aventura&#8216;s passage to Greenland, it suddenly felt as if we had been miraculously transposed to the Mediterranean. 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