The spirit encouters the tall ship Gorch Foch heading for Maderia

Enjoy some photos and a video clip from the Spirit of Mystery on their website now that the guys have sussed how to transmit using the satcom kit aboard the boat! With rather more than a gale of wind forecast, information courtesy of the passing tall ship Gorch Foch , Pete Goss decided to be prudent and hole up under the lee of a large rock, off the north east of Madeira. Unusually, when this satellite image was taken of the island it inluded a visible contrail from an aeroplane overhead!