Fortunately yesterday we enjoyed a “morning at the beauty farm” (that simply means we had been able to take a proper shower on the deck), thanks to the light wind and sunny weather.
Just in time: there it came the Eastern wind with swells. We adjusted several times the sails and for the night shifts decided to keep a conservative set up with reefed yankee and mizzen and no main sail: easier to go downwind with big waves.
Hey, why this face? We are on holiday, not racing! ;)
Nevertheless it had been a challenging night and Captain Fab didn’t sleep a lot :(
Today was pure rock ‘n roll: huuuuge waves and gusty wind, so the shifts at the helm were shorter and the dinner came from defreezing an arroz negro con chipirones bought at a restaurant in Las Palmas (de.li.ci.ous.)
Regarding the ARC fleet, we’d sailed “hand in hand” with Mary Doll for more than 48 hours but today they disappeared from our radar. The only boat near us is Maalu IV so this afternoon we had a chat with them. It’s nice to have good neighbours and Nick and his family seems very cool.
See you in Saint Lucia
Los Tildamigos
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