Day 1 St Maarten to Palma
Noon Position 20deg 42N 60deg 54W
Course – 040 Degrees Speed – 11.5 Knots Day’s Run – 205 Miles
Weather – 6-10′ (2-3m) swells from E. Partly cloudy
Wind – 17kts from 115 degrees
After 22 hours in Sint Maarten Wayne had completed the required repairs and we headed off on a sea trial. We stopped in the lee of Anguilla. Satisfied with the repair we put the main sail up with 1 reef and the staysail and headed out through the reefs to the Atlantic ocean and turned the engine off. We have had a bumpy sail through the night but maintained good speed most of the time. We have 3075 nm to sail to the Strait of Gibraltar which should take us around 12 days if we maintain 10 knots of speed.
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JC