News from La Coruna

On 6 July at 12:00 I had a chance to speak to Jakob. The crew of Rode Zora v. Amsterdam had just woken up after arriving in La Coruna around midnight. Zora had taken 4d 16h from Falmouth. Winds had been from the W for the first 24. On the second day there was hardly and wind. The wind came back during the night from Monday to Tuesday, this time with up to 6 Beaufort from the East. This meant rapid progress with speeds up to 9kn. The wind died down almost instantaneously on Tuesday evening and left Zora banging around in 3 – 4m swells. A thunderstorm moved through and the wind came back this time from W. This allowed to set a direct course for La Coruna where Zora arrived around midnight…

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