Winds have been steady at 25+ knots for most of the night…after finally breaking free of the island shadow effect around dinner time.
We are under a reefed main and full genoa keeping apparent wind under 20 knots with swells quartering our stern and mostly helping us….
Everyone has settled into our shift routines after the first night and is doing well. We lost 6 eggs to a rogue wave…but gained 3 flying fish overnight (one made it all the way down below in one of the hulls).
Here is a moment from 6:30 this morning captured by AIS showing Helia2’s top speed on the back of a wave…
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