canaries day 4

Night watch. It's strange doing solo night watches. You sir in the cockpit while the wind girls you along your course with the autopilot steering. It's like a very scary video game if there is a cloudy sky. The chart plotter and the wind instruments become everything. You try to guess what the wind will do next and adjust sail accordingly while the tiller pilot keeps the boat pointed in the right direction. 
Occasionally a huge wave washes by and skews the boat around leading to panic about crash gybing until the pilot compensates. 
I have gradually realised we are Nativity dependent on the TP5000 tiller pilot
 Had steering all night would be just about impossible. Good job we have a spare o guess. 

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