Position at 15:00 UCT 21/5/14 37 35N 28 10 W 120 miles to Ponta Delgado, Azores so with a bit of luck Milanto might be in a harbour this evening! wind all over the place from 0 to 20 knots and from any direction it takes a fancy to so VERY frustrating.
Not always easy............but listen to the nerd!
Finally the Rai crew managed to reach us on the satellite phone
listen to : http://www.radio.rai.it/podcast/A45634835.mp3 in Italian from around 14.20 mins from the start of Caterpillar show!
http://www.radio.rai.it/podcast/A45634835.mp3As the crew is not that expert, especially the Nerd ,we have of course opted for the safest and therefore not the faster route to the Azores..We have reached a point father north than the actual route, so the winds have died somewhat but this should now take us in an easier way down to the Azores.Tuesday evening the low pressure should reach us and then for three days we should be Ok, staying just out of the centre of the storm where the weather is an unknown of strong rusts and hard rain.. One of the crew is not feeling too well right now which is bad luck but we are kepping moral high on a diet of homemade lasagne and meat sauce! Reached half way pos Monday 12th at 1400 utc30 13 n 49 10 w 1130 to go
Updated Tuesday 13th to pos at 0930 utc 30 40n 47 44 w 1050 to go
Live on the radio!
Today Rai Italy[the state broadcasting corp.] will be calling us to have a live call on Radio 2 - programma Caterpillar between 18:00 and 19.30 .
www.caterpillar.rai.it/podcast
POS at 13utc 21 03N 55 51W DISTANCE TO GO 1756M