Little Island - 48-72 hours

Progress has been fairly slow with a frustratingly light wind. We’ve been trying the cruising chute and goose winged head sail configurations but nothing gets the boat going enough to sail us on a decent angle without continuous flogging and filling of sails! The waves aren’t big but enough to disturb the air flow and test our patience.

We’ve had two hits on the line. One took the lure and hook with it and the other was a canvas bag. Hoping for third time lucky as we’ve heard reports of another boat catching a big Mahi Mahi.

We’ve happened to find ourselves sharing the same patch of water as our friends Chris and Frankie on Gitane, a Moody 44. The race is on!

I have settled into sleep pretty well with the use of an eye mask, noise cancelling headphones and some melatonin. Cat is struggling a bit more with it but hoping we’ll both be into the rhythm in the next couple of days.

Immediate forecast remains light but hoping the further south we get, the more likely we are to hit the famously consistent trade winds.

Martin