{"id":5105,"date":"2020-01-17T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2020-01-17T14:04:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T14:04:10","slug":"bouncing-the-stars-night-sailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/bouncing-the-stars-night-sailing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bouncing the stars &#8211; night sailing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luke gives us an update from yesterday.\u00a0 They are soon expecting 40+ knots and have carried out heavy weather preparations.<\/p>\n<h2>Night sailing is generally pleasant when the sky is clear<\/h2>\n<p>You can pick a star to steer by and bounce it between the shrouds on the windward side. Unfortunately, last night was not one of those nights. It was really quite overcast with periods of rain, the temperature was representative of the Atlantic in winter near 34\u00b0 N. Today was (Irish) James\u2019s birthday, hopefully this will be a memorable one as the sun was out and it was really quite pleasant. The projection is that the weather will deteriorate significantly tomorrow and into Saturday, as a low pressure system passes to the north of us. Meanwhile we sail downwind at 7 knots or so, east toward Horta in the Azores with more than 900 nm to go.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5110\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5110\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-in-yellow-t-short-on-deck-mid-Atlantic-Carey-Girling-1.jpg\" alt=\"On deck mid Atlantic\" width=\"584\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-in-yellow-t-short-on-deck-mid-Atlantic-Carey-Girling-1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-in-yellow-t-short-on-deck-mid-Atlantic-Carey-Girling-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On deck mid Atlantic<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Book Your Own Atlantic Adventure<\/h2>\n<p>If this blog has inspired you to voyage across one of the world\u2019s oceans then start speaking to the team in the office. 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Night sailing is generally pleasant when the sky is clear You can pick a star to steer by and bounce it between the shrouds on the windward side. 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