Lisa Blair closes in on her circumnavigation

Blog Day 77
Latitude 47 49.14S
Longitude 77 06.91E
Barometer 1023
Air Temp 3c
Local time 0017 UTC+4

Well last night after I finished the blog, I went on deck to go and shake out the reefs and pull out the No 2 jib like I had said I was going to do. The winds were still between 15 and 20 knots, so I was feeling comfortable with hoisting all the way to the full mainsail. It was 4am by the time I started and 5am by the time I finished and had a moment on deck. I normally use my head torch to illuminate the decks while I am working on the sails, so it tends to block out the night sky, however just as I was finishing packing up the ropes on the cockpit floor, I caught the twinkle of some stars…Read More