Position 16:37.10N 027:16.21W
Lasagne for dinner, thanks to Nadine (biggest thanks of all from James,
whose turn it was to cook, but N wanted to use some of the beef before it went
off, so took over - actually on reflection it may have been an act of self
preservation; J’s cooking skills are an unknown quantity)
Last night the wind progressively died, so it was hydrogenerator up and
motor on at 01.00.
It’s noticeably warmer here, no need for oilies at night and the water
temperature is up to 29.1 – seems bizarre that the water out of the watermaker
is warm.
Motor stayed on until about 11.00, when the wind filled in at 10 knots, and
with smooth sea and a favourable direction it was time to break out the
symmetric spinnaker for the first time. Worked well and currently holding
5.5 – 7.5 knots in 7 – 11 knots of wind. Our general direction is WSW, as
we believe there will be more wind to the south; in about 10 hours the plan is
to turn due west, when we will be on course to St Lucia, although as the wind
veers we may have to throw a few gybes in to keep a decent wind angle.
Caught another fish today, a wahoo about 1 metre long; but while we
are using up our meat supply fish suppers will have to wait, so it was off the
hook and thrown back in to be caught again.