received 20.12.08 1349 GMT
Hi all
At last, we have crossed the scoring gate. It was fun sailing, being behind but with some possibilities to catch up with some of the leaders, and, at last, some nice shifts helped us to get in front of Green Dragon by very little. It was also nice to see some lights in front of us belonging to the towns of Sumatra, and what best, a volcano just in front of us, and erupting! Not as in films, but it was very nice to see, moreover because it was pitch dark!
So we are facing the feared Strait of Malacca, and has to be so, at least for the traffic of giant vessels! We have some concern with the fishing boats and the nets. But, for the moment, our first problem was seaweed.
We had to stop the boat and sail backwards to get rid of a v-shaped stick next to the bulb and some seaweed close to the hull. And to mention some huge trunks we nearly hit. So let's see at night. Just cross fingers and be ready. And then we had a small issue with the mainsail clew, it came off, which made us take the first reef but, fortunately, our Argentinean Santi (Santiago Lange) and his buddy David (David Vera/ESP) made a nice job and it is already fully hoisted, so we are sailing back at full speed.
It is going to be at least a very amusing sailing through this part of the world.
Cheers.
Mikel Pasabant - MCM
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