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Nexus - Still nice sailing...



Nice day with good winds 22kts starboard quarter, we've reefed down a bit to slow to 8kts to stay together with Alpheratz for another 300nm, before we diverge to Grenada and they go to Barbados. It's been nice sailing in company with them on this long passage. We think we'll be in on Wed 11 March at this point, with 745nm to go! We're off the coast of Suriname and Guyana, in the Guyana basin at the moment, about 150nm offshore. We've given them sea room due to Jimmy Cornell's book reporting some acts of Piracy along this border. We're passing the time playing Cribbage and doing odd jobs around the boat, and so far the weather has been partly cloudy but very nice. The seas are still a bit confused with waves coming from two directions giving us a lumpy ride, but it's not bad. I believe the boats going closer to the coast are experiencing favorable current, but for us, so far it's been about 1-2kt adverse all the way, which adds to the lumpy seas. But that's voyaging!

Russ and Laurie on NEXUS 15:15 3/7/15 at 7 21.2'N:50 16.3'W


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