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Sailing along<\/p><\/div>\n
So after leaving beautiful Antigua watch systems are progressing in relaxed fashions as the crew gets to know each other\u2019s back stories, sort out the array of technology to take memorable photos, and get used to sleeping in bunks that are like sleeping in warm bath , so hot is it below decks.<\/p>\n
Bodily functions have also featured large in our early days with epic journeys to and from the Heads by those most affected by seasickness although the sidedeck also saw some action.<\/p>\n
Credit to today\u2019s Mother Crew for slaving in very hot conditions to deliver great food \u2013 the crew is in high spirits! Things that have broken due to our clumsy movements are getting fixed and a number of modifications made to the boat \u2013 a water holder for the helmsman and a safety net for Wilson our imaginary friend in the shape of a football.<\/p>\n
More wind and rougher seas are predicted so future blogs may be shorter!<\/p>\n
Nick<\/p>\n
Captain’s Log from Skipper Sue<\/h2>\n
Wednesday 8th Jan<\/strong><\/p>\n All well on board, we had a squally patch through the night, wind gusting up to 30kts and we dropped the staysail & put a 2nd<\/sup> reef in to keep things comfortable on a close reach. There had been a bit of seasickness but the victims are mostly cheerful. The plan is to try and get a bit east of north whilst the winds are easterly and fairly light. I am expecting the wind to build to 20 \u2013 25kts true before the weekend and back into the NE so at that point we will bear a way & head north to keep things as comfortable as we can. We started the mother watch at 0900\u00a0 Matt & Andrew have made a great start.<\/p>\n Thursday 9th Jan<\/strong><\/p>\n Time : 12:00 GMT (0900 Boat Time) Apparent wind: 20kts<\/p>\n SOG 9kts Today on Challenger 2<\/p>\n All is well on Challenger 2 this morning after a fairly quiet afternoon & night. The greenies are recovering and life is settling into the steady eat, sleep, watch routine. I think all appreciate the advantages of a three watch system. We have continued to make good progress north and during this afternoon\u2019s expected lull will prepare for a couple of days of beating into stronger winds. The storm stay is already on & we\u2019ll change down to the Y3 and set up reef 3 before nightfall. Hopefully we will be able to continue to close reach, although that might take us a bit west of north but will get us through the windy stuff sooner.<\/p>\n The plan is to eat our own body weight in spag bol today as the mums will have a much more challenging time keeping us fed over the weekend. The watermaker is now running and yesterday\u2019s mums enjoyed a shower after a hot day in the galley.<\/p>\n The boat<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first update from Challenger 2, as they sail across the pond, is in! Everyone seems to be settling in to the watch system. Here is a word from crew member Nick. Challenger 2 left Antigua on Tuesday, bound for Portsmouth via the Azores. So after leaving beautiful Antigua watch systems are progressing in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[473,350],"tags":[165,518],"class_list":["post-5073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antigua-portsmouth","category-atlantic-adventures","tag-atlantic-crossing","tag-sailing-across-the-pond"],"views":1862,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5073"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5075,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5073\/revisions\/5075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPosition : 22.34\u2019N\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 60.35\u2019 W
\nDestination : Horta, Azores
\nETA : 21st<\/sup> Jan
\nSailplan : 2 reefs, yankee 2 & storm stay<\/p>\n
\nFuel : 3 full, 1 in use
\nWater : 3 full, 1 in use & filling from watermaker
\nGas : 3 full, 1 in use, 1 empty<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ARC2018-Finish-300x225.jpg\")