In the Trade/ Dans l'alize

Yesterday was a real trade day. The wind had shifted East a bit at the end of the night, and in the morning we had all sails out, full main, full mizzen, yankee, staysail. Then it picked up and we reefed the main. Then it shifted north-east, and we dropped the mizzen. It picked up again, we put a second reef in the main. The night went like this, in a steady strong 5 to 6 beaufort. And the was the first night without the foulies. This morining, water temp is 25.6 Celcius.

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Hier, c'etait une vraie journee d'alize. Le vent avait pris un peu d'est la nuit precedente, et au matin on avait tout dessus, grand voile haute, artimon haut, yankee et trinquette. Le vent a forcit, on a pris un ris dans la grand voile. Puis il est retourne un peu au nord-est, on a affale l'artimon. Il a forcit encore, et on a pris le deuxieme ris dans la grand voile. On a passe la nuit comme ca, dans un bon force 5 a 6 etabli. Et c'etait la premiere nuit sans les cires. Ce matin, l'eau est a 26.5 Celcius.

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