[password] minta12
[position] 04 30.712N 46 05.929W
[weather] 12-15kt NNE , mostly sunny, COG 275T
[status] Our pleasant NE breeze decided to change to a northerly, so we have had to change our route. We had been trying to keep above our rhumb line to avoid a stretch of adverse current. The northerly breeze has us now heading west towards the French Guyana coast. A favorable current flows NW along the coast and we?ll head over and catch some of that. The adverse counter current is a couple hundred miles offshore and we shall now aim to sail between it and the coast. We?ll need the wind to turn more easterly as we make our way to Barbados and the forecast suggests it should.

We?ve been enjoying very nice sailing conditions and making good time with the wind on our beam. It?s not as hot and sultry and the breeze almost feels a bit cool overnight. As we near the coast, we shall have to be on the lookout for fishing boats that don?t have AIS. Usually they are brightly lit and can be spotted from a long way off.

Heard several flying fish hitting the boat last night. One poor fella fatally wounded himself but put up a gallant fight to the end. Unfortunately leaving a trail of blood and scales from one end of the cockpit to the other where I found him this morning.

945 Miles to Barbados

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