ARC 2022 - quotes

Here are a few quotes from the Iridium communication with the Montana in correct chronological order:

Day 3: "Further with 2 headsails. Life is easy. In 3 days 525NM, pretty good"

Day 5: "Fighting with light winds. Are unfortunately wind straight from behind, 6kt wind over deck."

Day 6: "Quiet night. Genacker hoist this morning, hot ride. Will switch back to Butterfly tonight."

Day 7: "We got through the night well with both headsails. This morning swapped the jib for the main. Spi stays down. Running about 5 degrees below target course."

Day 8: "During the night Butterfly could no longer be steered and we had to take main down, 4 hours only with genoa, under spinnaker since this morning, runs well."

Day 9: "Switched to butterfly with 2 headsails last night and are heading a little further south than target course, still at 7kt. Had Talisman next to us with spinnaker."

The whole crew is fine. Arrival on December 7th is possible, but a weak wind zone is building up in front of the destination, which prevents a quick arrival.