TUESDAY 21ST APRIL 2009
Noon position 28 degrees 04′.1 N 78 degrees 33′.9 W
Wind variable 10 to 30 knots!
Course 290 +/- Day’s run 185 miles
Yesterday afternoon we had thee Tropic Birds visit us and fly around the boat for a while. They had come at least 115 miles to visit us.
We sailed through most of the night, but the wind has gone very light and on the nose, so we are gently motor-sailing at the moment.
We went through a strong frontal system this morning, with boisterous winds and lots of lightning. We could see the lightning hitting sea all around us, but we escaped unscathed. The good thing was that we had very heavy rain as the wind fell away, so the boys did not have to do their wash-down this morning.
We are still steering more or less west and should cross the Gulf Stream this evening, close to Cape Canaveral. We are going to close the coast tonight, so we can miss the worst of the NW winds that are forecast tomorrow morning. It is blowing very hard to the north of us, so we are glad to be a little south of the worst of the weather.
We are still looking good to arrive on our announced schedule at 0630 on Thursday.
John
