We didn’t quite beat the weather and as the wind picked up we couldn’t go slow enough, even with no sails. Marcy was particularly surprised at their speed of 5 knots on ‘bare poles’. As a a result, we arrived at St Augustine at 04.00 with 4 hours to wait for the light and the tide. It reminded me of how much I dislike heaving to. It was a bit bumpy getting in but a relief to tie up to a mooring as the winds got even stronger.