Our first full day back at sea, having departed at noon two days after the rest of the pack due to a mainsail track repair.
We broke out the jamon iberico to celebrate our first 24 hours at sea. T thinks it won’t last, but it only has to last 12 days (hopefully) and I think it could take almost that long to get through. We’ll see. It is salty enough that despite tasting great, you can’t eat too much at one time.
The YB Races has us 3rd from last, which matches our departure from port. We are optimistic that we will get to Grenada by Dec 3, so we will probably catch up with a number of the smaller boats before that point. Most of the PredictWind models show a very southerly route, but we are not convinced it will be worth it. Most of the fleet looks like they are staying closer to the direct route at this point, we’ll see how many diverge and go south over time.