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Noon Position   21 deg. 26’ N. 046 deg. 03’  W

Course  –  251 Degrees   Speed –   14 Knots        Day’s Run –   285 Miles

Weather –   Sunny with scattered cloud

Wind  –    20 knots from   SE

Quite a mixed 24 hours. Yesterday afternoon we were motoring in 5-6 knots of wind in a glorious sunshine, smooth seas. Small maintenance jobs happening on deck and below. James had been wanting to stop the engine to do an oil check, so we did and took the opportunity for a swim in waters 2 miles deep.

After that the adrenalin-charged engineers did a full service and test of the potato gun.  It’s in perfect working order.

A beautiful evening motor-sailing was followed by a star-filled night until early dawn when some showers and squalls developed, making the wind so variable we put the genoa away for a while.  At 0700 the clouds started to clear and we managed to get a few star sights for Jonny to calculate.

By 0800 we were under full sail only (engine off at last) and charging towards Antigua at 14 knots.

All best,

Peter

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