Hi Everyone,
It is 6.30am here and I have been snuggled up against my pillow in the cockpit, with a cup of coffee, watching the sunrise. Funny thing about that – sunrise never seems to be as spectacular as sunset. The colours all seem more washed-out, although it is still very pretty. The sea has moderated somewhat since yesterday and we are not being thrown around quite as much.
We had a busy night as, surprisingly, there is quite a bit of shipping here. I guess that, as we are on a Great Circle Route, the ships are using much the same coordinates as us. We have our radar and AIS (Automatic identification of ships) alarms set, so everytime something comes within 9nm of us, the alarms go off and, of course, wake everyone on the boat. As Dimitri says, the upside is that if something does go wrong for us, there would be help nearby for us, within a few hours.
We still have a good wind this morning and are travelling around 7kn. The swell is on our quarter (back left) and therefore is fairly comfortable. The forecast is for it to remain like this all across the Indian, with some stronger winds later during the trip, although thankfully, no cyclone activity. We have now done 425nm since we left Cocos Keeling Is. so now there are only 1,937nm left to Mauritius. At this rate we should get there on 15th.
I am reading Jessica Watson’s book about her circumnavigation. She has the most amazingly positive outlook on life and is an absolute inspiration. I think everyone should read it, not so much for her story, but for the lessons we could learn about how to deal with life in general – thanks for the book Helen, it is great.
Many hugs and kisses
Arti and Dimitri
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