Position 1900 UTC
16 23N
49 16W
The last 24 hours have been wonderful trade wind conditions. Our sail plan
has been unchanged from yesterday apart from a brief period when we dropped
the spinnaker to inspect for chaffe on the halliard. There was so the
spinnaker was rehoister on our red halliard. The green halliard has been
repaired and is ready to go. The green halliard exits the mast higher than
the red one so there is a very slight wind strength advantage to using the
green.
Last night we had a little 'moment' when a cloud passed overhed bringing
more wind and a 15 degree veer/header but apart from that the night was
uneventful. We almost had a flying fish on the deck but it hit one of the
crew on his back aand fell back into the water.
We gybed this morning and are heading almost for St Lucia. The wind will
back ENE and then veer ESE over the next few days so if we do not have to
gybe again that will be a 800nm layline call!
Probably a little more than three days to go so we should arrive Sunday
night. Talk of food has become a major topic. One contingent of the crew is
partial to a visit to KFC. Another fancies steak, egg and chips with a glass
of red wine for breakfast.
The treat today is a cup of tea - our first during the trip!
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