{"id":16500,"date":"2014-12-03T23:16:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T23:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/?p=16500"},"modified":"2014-12-04T00:29:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T00:29:24","slug":"day-17-atlantic-odyssey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2014\/12\/day-17-atlantic-odyssey-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 17 of the Atlantic Odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sea Dragon<\/h2>\n
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Photo: eXXpedition<\/p><\/div>\n

The Future, climate, and toxics<\/strong><\/p>\n

After our trawl work, we had a mission. We are supporting a campaign called The Future. This campaign is spreading awareness on climate change and telling our politicians \u201cwe are keeping an eye on you\u201d by watching the political process and policies being created (or lack thereof). To represent The Future campaign, we encircled one eye with black or red makeup (eco-friendly) and took photos to share. We feel our mission of exposing toxics in our environment is connected to The Future\u2019s mission, as well..<\/p>\n

Read full post<\/a>.
www.panexplore.com\/news\/ships-blog\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Kristine<\/h2>\n

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Careful what you wish for.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Irony strikes again – this was definitely an intense surprise day.
Not long after our usual jack-ass breakfast, the front sail fell down. It completely loosened from the genoa halyard and was floating around in the water. Not exactly what you would want to happen to your main “engine” on a big crossing. In addition, the fuel tank was blinking red and a squall was approaching.<\/p>\n

We got the sail on board but had to get the halyard down from the mast. By the time dad had climbed to the top, the squall arrived, making the operation a lot more intense. When we finally got the sail properly up, the wind disappeared completely (of course), so we had to roll it in and wait. Having learned a lesson not to trust the weather, we quickly used the opportunity to fill our extra diesel and take a “hot bath”, now in 36\u00b0.<\/p>\n

www.goodbyeland.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Papy Jovial<\/h2>\n

Sail in sight<\/strong><\/p>\n

This morning at 08:00 local time (TU-2) JP saw a sail on the horizon. It got nearer quickly because we were on opposite tacks and at 08:40 TUMI boat number 41 sailed across our bow around 50 meters away.<\/p>\n

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Tumi<\/p><\/div>\n

It gained on us but slowly so JP decided to set the gennaker. Unfortunately the sock kept wrapping itself around the sail and after one hour of hard work on the part of JP, the attempt was aborted to be resumed after lunch.<\/p>\n

The weather is postcard standard, blue sea, few clouds and a soft following wind around 15\u00a0knots. Today JP is cooking the last piece of meat while it is still safe to eat with a fridge out of order. All in all the loss of perishables has been limited and we will now switch to non-perishable. We have enough to last until we arrive in Martinique. Then we will take care of the bacteria with good rum punch and spicy food.<\/p>\n

papyjovial.blogspot.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Om<\/h2>\n
\"Antonio,

Antonio at the farewell party in Arrecife as all sailors received a special presentation from the island. With his daughters Indra and Anita.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0All is well. The weather has been light for a day and, typical, just after dark we had to take down the spinnaker in more than 30 knots. The wind came up fast but we were on guard and I have to say that the maneuver with Tosca, Connor, Anita, Myself and Christian went perfectly.<\/p>\n

We have been sailing with code zero since. Possibly one knot or less of speed but a lot less pressure on the gear. In my previous experience I found out that the hard sailing comes at a price. I did push the boat going south from the Canaries, for the sake of not losing Longitude but now we are cautious that there may be lines, halyards, little things that are a bit chafed from the sun and pressure on blocks and parts of the rig.<\/p>\n

See also: Last days of the Atlantic Crossing<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Mandarina<\/h2>\n
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Jean and Jean Claude Lemoine on Mandarina take delivery of their drifter buoy<\/p><\/div>\n

Our drifter buoy, number 132678, was deployed today at 13h20 GMT, position 15’30.786N, 45’00.578W<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"French\"\u00a0Nous avons largu\u00e9 la balise, n\u00b0 balise 132678, largu\u00e9e le 3 d\u00e9cembre 2014 \u00e0<\/em><\/p>\n

13h20 utc N15’30.786 – W45’00.578<\/em>
Vent entre 4 \u00e0 9 noeuds, c’est lent !<\/em><\/p>\n

Gazel Rebel<\/h2>\n

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\"French\" Qui a dit monotone ? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Depuis hier soir les situations les plus vari\u00e9es s’encha\u00eenent. Confit de canard d\u00e9licieux sous clair de lune et trinquettes jumelles fa\u00e7on Pogo puis p\u00e9tole au coeur de la nuit et chasse aux grains au petit matin, r\u00e9sultat : 20 litres de pluie r\u00e9colt\u00e9s par Pierre et Damien pendant qu’Antoine ronflait. Puis \u00e0 nouveau p\u00e9tole, l’occasion pour Antoine d’aller v\u00e9rifier la propret\u00e9 de la coque sous l’eau. Quelques minis anatifes pendouillent, sont-ce eux qui emp\u00eachent notre gazelle de planer ? Apr\u00e8s quelques heures de moteur, reprise du vent et du spi. Comme dit Pascal notre rally control (confident, ami…)<\/em><\/p>\n

Nous tenons le bon angle mais aurons nous assez de vent pour bien en profiter? Sinon le soleil tape dur mais la machine \u00e0 glace tourne \u00e0 fond.<\/em><\/p>\n

gazelrebel.blogspot.fr<\/a><\/p>\n

NYenergi<\/h2>\n

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\"French\"\u00a0Bonjour \u00e0 tous,<\/em>
Hier \u00e0 7h00 notre pilote auto est tomb\u00e9 en panne.<\/em>
Nous avons repris la barre jusqu’\u00e0 12h00 et avons pass\u00e9 5h00 \u00e0 la cape pour<\/em>
diagnostiquer et tenter une r\u00e9paration :<\/em>
– rupture de l’accouplement du pilote sur le secteur de barre (soudure arrach\u00e9e)<\/em>
– accouplement cintr\u00e9<\/em>
– t\u00eate de v\u00e9rin de pilote endommag\u00e9<\/em>
Impossible de faire une vraie r\u00e9paration avec les moyens du bord !<\/em><\/p>\n

Un premier bricolage nous a permis de naviguer sous pilote quelques heures mais \u00e0 22h00 il a fallu s’arr\u00eater \u00e0 nouveau pour modifier l’accouplement de la t\u00eate de v\u00e9rin. Nous avons remis \u00e0 la voile vers 11h00 ce matin.<\/em>
Depuis notre accouplement de fortune fonctionne (\u00e0 un pr\u00e8s) mais nous devons\u00a0<\/em>soulager un maximum le pilote. Il va falloir barrer le plus souvent possible et r\u00e9server le pilote pour le repos de l’\u00e9quipage.<\/em><\/p>\n

Pour la prochaine transat, c’est promis, j’emporte un atelier complet (poste \u00e0 soudure, cintreuse, perceuse \u00e0 colonne, etc…).<\/em><\/p>\n

Nous venons d’empanner il y a une heure.<\/em>
Moral et sant\u00e9 OK malgr\u00e9 nos soucis techniques.<\/em><\/p>\n

L’\u00e9quipage de NYenergi vous souhaite une belle journ\u00e9e.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cordialement<\/em>
Cathie, Dan, Suzie et Mat \u00e0 bord de NYenergi.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can see the position of the boats on the tracking map<\/a>. The weather forecast is here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sea Dragon <\/p>\n

Photo: eXXpedition<\/p>\n

The Future, climate, and toxics<\/p>\n

After our trawl work, we had a mission. We are supporting a campaign called The Future. This campaign is spreading awareness on climate change and …<\/p>\n

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