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Lea - Log Day 24-23 – Tuesday-Wednesday/The final countdown



 

13:07 Local LEA time

Yesterday was December 1st, but with our bikinis on and 30 degrees in the cockpit, it just doesn’t feel like December. The squalls gave us a break for the day and with the comfortable speed of 4-5 knots, yesterday was by far the best day we’ve had on this entire crossing. The sea was calm, the sun was out and we took turns taking naps in the cockpit in between reading, being look out and having porridge (the traditional, Norwegian rice-version) and Christmas cookies for lunch. With my turn as cook of the day, chili con carne was served for dinner, followed by an outdoor movie night in the cockpit. This seemed like a great idea, and it was, until about an hour into the movie when we were slightly interrupted by pouring squall-rain catching up with us. Not that we minded at all, the windy situation was just what we needed to speed things up.

The British boat Hejira, who we kind of had our own little regatta with on the first leg from Las Palmas to Cape Verde, have again appeared to be our main competitor and are fighting us for 6th place. The past few days we’ve kept catching up with each other, and I really think it’ll be a close call on who crosses the finish line first. To gain some extra speed, we pulled up our storm-jib yesterday to help out the foresail, and it actually seemed to give us an extra knot or two. Hopefully it’ll give us just that little extra we need to discover Saint Lucia before the British.

Today is another favorable day of calm sea and comfortable speed; though a few squalls make an appearance every now and then to make sure we don’t get too comfortable and just stay out here forever. Yes, I can make jokes too. All though I can truly say that if every day had been like these past few days, I can understand why people dread going to shore.

The wonderfulness of the Caribbean is at our feet, and I’m pretty sure there won’t be enough words to describe the feeling of seeing land again in just a few hours, after two weeks at sea, knowing we made it. Little Lea, who left Bergen six months ago, is now about to embark on the adventure of these magical islands. I’m excited to explore this side of the pond, the places to see and people to meet. And you can believe I’m counting the days for the wonderful friends of mine coming to visit.

The Atlantic Ocean; it’s been great, but we couldn’t be more ready that rum punch waiting for us at the finish line. 54 nautical miles to go!

Sail fast, live slow.

-Lene




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