Hope - Tuesday January 15, 2019

After a night of sailing along nicely at 7-8 knots the day brought on more sunshine and a lot less wind. On the net we are hearing “Big winds ahead” ,not sure where, as this afternoon brought on even lighter winds. We have not been able to sail downwind, so tacking was in order this afternoon. This has been quite the process as all lines have to be re-rigged for each tack and it is very time consuming for those of us less experienced. With 3 sails up we are now sailing along at 7 knots with only 10 knots of wind. This has all been to control the rolling of the boat so now we can even move around and not get hurt, even fix food and drinks for the crew. This downwind sailing is new to us and the captain says we better used to it as we will be doing a lot of it on the Rally. Well, I have to say each day is better than the last.