We had a very exciting and busy times over the last day, throwing lots of gybes in visual sight of DFRT, and including very close crosses. It now looks that the gybing along the ice limit line is going to come to an end later today. We are now enjoying some straight-line sailing conditions again, with freshening NW winds, overcast skies, and our forecast show this will be the pattern for the next day. We still remain in the limit of AIS range now with DFRT, but get a fix every now and then, but we no longer in visual contact.
With the moderate wind strengths of yesterday, the sea state has become more organized, easier to manage with the swell aligning to the wind direction. Air temperatures continue to feel warmer, although water temperatures still remain cold just around 6ºC.
JV
