Velux 5 Oceans - Alone-Round the World Yacht Race www.velux5oceans.com - Übersicht 17 February, 2007 Sir Robin to Pit Stop in Argentina 'Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Saga Insurance' onEdition Click Here to view large photo I am going to pull in to Ushuaia, the southernmost port in Argentina. I don't want to stop, I'm into a good routine, but have thought it through and this is the right move. Saga Insurance may have moved up to third, and this will mean dropping back to fifth again, but the rational is as follows:- 1. I cannot be competitive without weather information. Neither of my satellite systems that would give me this is working. We can fix them with the right spares we hope. This is the index reason for pulling in, bloody electronics that don't work. 2. You only have to look at the way Koji has slowed as he hits the variables to appreciate how vital this weather info is. 3. I can get a new head car for the indexsail and fit it. 4. I can get a new furler for the reachers. 5. I can fix the ballast tank valve. 6. I can try and find time for a haircut. 7. I can try and get back to third again with my systems working, there's 7000 miles to go yet to Norfolk and I will be the hunter again. 'It is 340 miles to Cape Horn, which I hope to round on Sunday, I'll turn up towards Canal Beagle, named for HMS eagle of Darwin/Fitzroy fame, and pick up a tow to Ushuaia being arranged by Jonathon Selby, a contact given to us by Alex Thomson. Simon Clay is flying out today with the spares thanks to a great effort by Saga sorting out flights for him at short notice.' 'We have to take a mandatory 48 hour penalty, my second this leg down to electrical problems. Back in the Southern Ocean we are having gale force winds and there are large seas. Saga Insurance bashes along and then occasionally takes off and surfs. The waves are not regular, they are coming from South to West, the big swell from SW. I watched two waves meet today and the spout from their impact went up 3-4 metres. So we are getting bashed about and holding on to something has become vital at all times. Sail is down to 3 reefs in index and storm jib, but that's more than sufficient at times.' 'Despite the bumps, I created supper tonight. Pork n Beans, tinned ham, with onions fried up and a tin of baked beans added. Cowboy food for those who remember 'Riders of the Range' on radio before we had TV Soaps. RKJ' Yacht Saga Insurance - Saturday 17 Feb 2007 Lat 56 18S Long 077 22W Miles To Norfolk, USA: 7,279 nm Distance In 24 Hours: 281.5 nm Average Speed In 24 Hours: 11.73 knots by RKJ Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE