password] minta12
[position] 03 21.915S 033 03.287W
[weather] 15 kt ESE, mostly sunny with some afternoon thunderstorms developing
[status] We left Fernando first thing this morning. Discovered a tear in the main sail but have been able to fix it underway. Should make it to Barbados! It?s between the first and second reef so if the repair doesn?t hold we can still run with two reefs in the main.

It was nice to stop and break up the passage between St Helena and Barbados. Unfortunately we had some heavy downpours of rain on Fernando which limited what we could see and do.

We rented a ?buggy? yesterday and did some touring. It was a wreck of a thing and many of the roads were possibly the worst we?ve ever seen! They charged a few $$ for the pleasure of visiting the island but thankfully the beer and wine were reasonably priced. They had an assortment of Australian wine in tins! We eventually managed to find some wifi but NO bananas.

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