For the first time since the start we are alone out here, at least on the AIS and there are no while sails on the horizon. We know there are other boats out here since each boat has a YB tracker and we get position reports daily. When can see other boats visually around 7 nm if the sun shines on the sails, and around 12 nm on the AIS. It’s very hard to spot a sailing boat on our radar unless it is within a couple of nautical miles from us.
We had a couple of squalls last night and they are clearly visible as red dots on the radar. This time we got 25 to 32 knots of wind for a short period and since we always reduce sail during night, we could just continue to follow the wind in small squalls like this one.
The waves are coming from several directions all the time and they make us roll a lot. Carina was thrown out of her bed tonight with mattress and all, after that she changed to the other bed with lee cloth. The last 24 hours we sailed 184 nm which is good for a fully loaded cruising boat with a small crew.