[password]seabird14
[position] 09 12.2 S 018 42.1 W
[heading] 297T
[speed] 5.8kts
[weather] 10-12kts SE, seas 1m S, cc 5%, 1017 mb, 86F
[status] DAY 9 2782 nm to Barbados. Stbd wing and wing DDW sgl rf main and poled out jib, 5.8kts at 297T. Beautiful light wind sailing last night, and we took delight in the stars, even though on one tack we had the Southern Cross off our port bow, and the other tack had the Bid Dipper off our port bow. Since our destination is to the NW, this meant that our 5 kts of boat speed gave us very little DMG, less than 15 nm in 12 hours. But it was still sweet sailing with beautiful skies to keep us company. This morning we have had a slight increase in winds, more or less steadily 10-12kts (as opposed to 6-8kts all night) so we decided it was enough to fill our sails under a wing and wing configuration. So now we are moving along with 100% of our speed going toward VMG. Yeah! Forecast looks optimistic for these settled trades above 10kts so we are optimistic. Any way it shakes out, we are enjoying the warm tropical sailing the likes of which we have not had for years.
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