Distance to go 1589 nm 

 

 

 

At about 5pm UTC yesterday we reached the area where the wind started to fill in and it's direction backed from ENE to NE.  We were then heading almost due south so we gybed over on to starboard tack and headed almost due west.  On the new tack we had kind seas for a few hours but these got lumpier (technical term) as we progressed west.  We were starting to experience some large northerly swell in addition to the wind driven waves from the NE.

 

With the increased wind and cloud came cooler temperatures so we were back to wearing 3 layers when on deck overnight. 

 

The wind is about 15 to 20 knots at the moment which is the wind range we like and we hope for calmer seas over the next day or so.

 

We had updates about the other two yachts (Sloop John B and Kwispel) overnight who are both fine and to the north and west of us.

 

Bye for now.

 

Bob