After posting yesterday's report (as I went to sleep last night), we had another fun night of sailing. The wind remained on the beam and with a sustained 10~12 knots all night, we enjoyed 6.5~7 knots of boat speed (even without Chloe's help). Fr. Russ, Claudia, and I all got to play dodge-a-squall during our night watches which always makes things interesting.
While we do single person watches (since there's only 4 crew), we do keep two people in the cockpit throughout the night, with the second person ready to go, although allowed to sleep. It always takes two of us to handle the squalls while on sail.
The wind eventually gave up around 9am and the engine came back on, but the overnight wind drove us to a 24-hour distance covered of 152nm. We're now less than 300nm from St. Lucia.
With the engine droning all day, a calmness seemed to settle over the boat. With no squalls, no fish biting, I guess thoughts are turned towardsthe conclusion of our journey on Thursday. Or maybe it was just the peacefulness of a beautiful sunset over St. Lucia in the distance...
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