Monday April 28th
Time: 1200 Eastern standard time
Position: 20′ 04.4 ” North 63′ 12.7″ West
Weather: Sunny with isolated clouds Wind: SSE – 15 kts
SOG: 11.3 kts COG 342′ T
News: Timoneer departed Antigua yesterday evening after spending a few
weeks there and having guests for the Antigua Classics week regatta. We
went out earlier in the afternoon with Tomac to look at the condition of the
Main and Genoa and see if we need to work on the sails once we reach New
England. Timoneer got underway about 1800 and sailed out of Falmouth
harbor as the sun was setting over the ash spewing Volcano on Montserrat.
The breeze in Antigua during classics has been out of the south more than
usual and this trend continued as we turned to our course of 342 it was
almost directly behind us at about 15kts. We motor sailed throughout the
evening with the staysail up and into the morning, as the sun rose the
breeze freshened and we were able to put the genoa out for a few hours.
The current weather calls for the wind to abate and not much of a low
pressure system over the east coast to strengthen things, but we shall see
once we get closer to Newport. Everyone on board is well and the fishing
lines are out.
Best regards,
John
