Nathan completes ‘first’ leg….

Here’s an up-date from minimus team central…

As you have all seen by now, Nathan has completed the first leg of his journey–fantastic! Something to be celebrated for sure! The wind remained light last night and he was beating into it, which made for a rather rough night. Today, he was slightly cracked off the wind and the breeze was bigger. He was still rocking and rolling quite a bit, but at least making more significant headway. Nathan said that for the first time, he felt a little sea sick today, likely because of the inconsistency in the wave action (short chop, long swells).

Weather updates from Chris Parker have been spot-on, which has been great for Nathan. Chris tells him that by Friday the wind will be around 30kts, gusting up to 40. In preparation for this, Nathan has checked over the boat and storm sail and has tried to grab some extra sleep and food. Nathan is in good spirits.

During the evening/night he tries to conserve power where possible, just to be on the safe side. Nathan reports that at this time in the trip, things are just starting to get wet to the point where they are unlikely to dry until after the trip. His changes of clothes are sealed up in zip-lock bags, so he has dry clothes to change into on “special occasions” (the plan was a new ‘outfit’ for the start of each leg). He is trying to keep the interior of the boat well organized and neat. He fine tuned his system after the Bermuda trip and was feeling good about the system he had developed.

Here’s wishing Nathan a safe night, we are all thinking of him!
Alison