Exocet Strike - 28-29 January 2017

Yesterday started slowly and built as the day and night progressed. We averaged nearly 7 knots towards our destination, which with an average of 14 to 16 knots of wind is not too bad.
Last night there was no moon showing and tonight there I'll only be a sliver showing, but over the next few nights it will get bigger and be showing for much longer. The Stars were out to start with but as the night wore on a big bank of cloud built behind us, during this morning though it did burn off which was greatly appreciated.
Overnight some of the boats in the fleet reported getting some much stronger gusts from squalls. Golden Dragon reported getting 30 knots for approx 2 hours which sped them along nicely, Katarina had up to 25 knots, but the max we saw was about 18.
One of the fleet, Resolute II has decided to divert to Cabadelo, which is our rendevous point in later Feb, I've asked Ken the skipper of RII for info their reasoning, I'm wondering if more may divert since it could save on a three day one sided beat in 20 knots of wind!