11 May, 07 – 22.51
15.3920N,49.2901W
24 hr progress: 12 Nautical Miles (1 nm = 1.85 km)
Distance left to Antigua (straight line): 714 Nautical Miles ( 1320 km)
Distance completed: 2449 NM (4530 km)
Wave height: 10-12 ft, Winds: 10-15 knots NE, Bearing: 260 – 270 degrees.
I've caught up on some sleep in the past 24 hrs. Well rested and feeling as fit as a fiddle again. I've attended to a few cuts and bruises on my knees and shoulders. Put on some cooling skin cream on my back which has burnt in the sun. All of last night I could feel it radiate the absorbed heat during the day. I usually try and avoid sun cream as it makes it harder to wash the salt off the skin at the end of the day. I've also re-hydrated properly. Drank a total of 3 ½ liters of water today and very little of it came back out. Where has it all gone?
I stayed away from protein supplements, vitamin tabs, coffee, snack bars etc today, to give the system a break.
Mixed weather conditions continue. Sunny on one side, cloudy on the other, producing amazing views but not so great conditions for rowing.
I've got a my plate full at the moment. A lot of work ahead. I must get the speed up. Progress at this rate would take me another 59 days to reach Antigua, well into the hurricane season. Not a practical option. So top of my list is 1. producing enough fresh water to last me the rest of the way so I can then concentrate on the rowing. 2. getting the daily average up to 15-20 knots.
The dolphins have returned to hunt fish under the boat. My faithful companions all through this journey. Its as if they sensed the pain of progressing at 12 miles a day and turned up to cheer me up while I struggle to get on course again...
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View to the West. 19.49 GMT
View to the East 19.49 GMT
Dolpins swimming by the bow
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