From around midnight on Thursday morning, we had been rowing for more than 6 hours and it had gotten real dark with a beautiful starlit sky (first time on this trip, as usually forest fire smoke, mist or very slight fog), everyone got a bit tired. The lively conversations and banter had died down and it all became very dull and quiet. And windier, choppier, and colder.
A NEW TEAM BEST: 104KM IN 19H
When we arrived at our destination, Cape Hope, at 1pm, after 19 hours of rowing (and 56 miles, 64 statute miles, 104km), the winds and waves and currents had become a lot stronger, making it harder and harder to row and navigate.
LAYING ANCHOR AT CAPE HOPE
As usual, the winds didn’t blow in the forecast direction, at least not yet. So it was decided to wait, before moving to our final anchoring location for the next day or two. Instead we laid anchor about 175m off the shore near Cape Hope in roughly 3m deep water.
