After a spectacular night where the whole crew stayed up
to watch the stars and the phosphorescence, the day dawned breezy. Just
the time then to set up wing and wing and dead downwind. Not quite
pointing at St Lucia, but hey, Cape Town is close, isn't it?
The journey always seems slow at this stage, when the
Canaries are still very much on the charts, and St Lucia is way off the
left-hand side. But the average speed tells the story.
A minor disaster just before dark when a brand-new
furling line chafed through in two places, but a bit of ingenious knitting
by Tom & Pete soon had it fixed. We left the sail plan light for the
night as we were expecting 25-30 knots. But even that reduced area gave us
6 or so all night long.
We have travelled for two days in the company of Svala
which is two-handed. Its always nice to have company out here and to see a
light nearby overnight.