Exocet Strike - 27-28 January 2017

Yesterday started slowly with 11 - 13 knots of wind from the ESE, averaging 5-6 knots, but as the day progressed to evening the wind started to increase and overnight we had up to 18 knots and averaging over 7 knots of boat speed. That always help to raise our spirits. It looks like the winds will start to ease today into tomorrow and by Monday it will be pretty light, only 8 to 10 knots. This is a long leg and we only carry enough fuel for maybe 4 days of motoring, so I expect we will sail slowly on. We may try another sail configuration, dropping the main and putting the stay sail up. This may help to stop the rig banging. This happens in lighter winds, the boat gets lifted by a wave and as the wave goes by the boat drops, losing the wind in the mainsail, which then flogs and makes a tremendous crash, which is no good for the rigging. If the light winds persist for too long that will add a couple of days to our journey time, let's hope it picks up a bit!
No fishing yet, got some MahiMahi which Golden Dragon gave us to eat up first!
Stella had a go at baking some Cinnamon buns from a recipe given to us by Susie from Adina. Great first effort, some tweaks to make, but very tasty!