Spindrift ARC Log - Day 13

Austins' Travels
Chris & Lynn Austin
Fri 2 Dec 2011 15:58
The wind continued at 20 knots overnight but early this morning it eased to
10-15 knots so we have slowed a bit. However we continue to average about
5.5 knots so are doing OK. As a result it has been a very quiet day with the
autohelm steering and everyone reading (or blogging) and just normal
activities (checking for chafe, generator oil check, running generator,
watermaker, check/empty bilges, etc.) whilst rolling around.
We currently hope to arrive next Sunday (or possibly Saturday if the winds
pick up) but this will depend on the wind staying at 15 knots or more for
most of the time.
We had wonderful fresh fish for lunch and will have chicken fajitas for
dinner.
We spotted four yachts last night but none very close. The night is now
split between a brightly moonlit first half and a pitch black second half
with lots of phosphorescence in the wake of Spindrift.
The only wildlife recently has been flying fish which are very common and a
few birds.