Day 11 SXM to Gib
Noon Position 35deg 24N 17deg 22W
Course – 87 Degrees Speed – 10.5 Knots Day’s Run – 256 Miles
Weather – Partly cloudy with 3-6’ (1-2m) swell
Wind – 5-10 knots from 350 degrees
The lack of wind continues. We have had the calmest West to East Atlantic crossing I have ever done. See the attached photo, it is not exactly what you think the middle of an ocean is going to be like.
We have had more success on the fishing front, catching a 45lb (20kg) Bigeye tuna. Looking in our Fishes of the Atlantic book we realized that the 2 tuna we caught the day before were Albacore tuna.
We have all the sails up and motoring with the hope to make it to Gibraltar in time to fuel up Wednesday evening so that we don’t have to spend the night there. The wind has slowly been filling in but we are still not at the required speed to arrive in time. By tonight we should have over 10 knots of breeze from the north which should be enough for us to motor sail at 12 kts.
JC