POSITION REPORT ON MONDAY 19 JUNE 2017 AT 0700

19:53S  058:54E

So far we've done 260 miles with 85 miles to go. We did 145 miles in the last 24 hours.  We have 90% cloud cover and 15-20 knot SE winds.  We’re zipping along on a broad reach at 6-7 knots with 1½ metre seas. We’re hoping to be sailing around the top of Mauritius  before sunset, but will probably not be at an anchorage until 22:00.  Here's what we did yesterday and overnight.

18 June 2017   Rodrigues to Mauritius (Day 2)

The wind picked up at 07:00 to 10 knots from the south-east, so we were able to start sailing on a broad reach with the genoa poled out to port.  It was a lovely day with mostly blue skies with 25% fluffy white cloud cover, although we had a couple of showers.  The nice thing was that the showers didn’t alter the wind strength too much, although the wind veered and backed a little causing us to gybe the genoa a few times.

As the afternoon passed by, the wind picked up to 12-15 knots and, with the slight 1 metre seas, it was fabulous sailing.  Glenys produced a great Beef Vindaloo curry to end a pleasant day.  The first half of the night was very dark, but the good wind continued.  The wind gradually increased to 15-20 knots, so the second half of the night was more boisterous and we had a few showers, which increased the wind by 5 knots and had us reefing and gybing the genoa a couple of times.