This morning dawned with a brief tropical down pour, followed by a spectacular rainbow.
The night had seen us in close proximity to four other boats. It seems our courses are now converging as we near Grenada. Sadly the winds are mostly light so those who have not blown their spinnakers have a definite advantage and we could only fume
as they crept ahead of us and their light disappeared into the gloom. The one boat that we have held onto, and finally this morning overhauled is our neighbour from the marina in Cape Verde, Blue Pearl. Strange that after 2000 miles we will finish within
a few minutes of each other as we did on the first leg from Las Palmas. None the less it was a lovely night of sailing. The moon, still near full, did not rise until about 11pm so the early part of the night was a magnificent star filled spectacle. No light
pollution here!
One bit of excitement on the daily radio chat this morning was news that Blue Pearl hit a UFO, unidentified floating object, in the early hours. It sounds as if the boat is OK although some very nasty scratches down the port side. Slightly alarming particularly
for those who sleep right up in the bows.
We are now just 100 miles from Grenada and hoping to see it for the first time about lunch time, when we will need to gybe to get round the bottom of it. I am hope it to get a signal on my phone about then so I can send these 13 little missives to you
all.
James has just got out the Courtesy flag for the Granadian nation, along with the yellow ‘Q’ quarantine flag. Seeing that reminds me that, amazingly, we have not sailed to France since the disaster that is Brexit. I wonder if I even have a Q flag since
we have not needed one for so long. Grrr!
On a happier note we are very excited to be arriving before Jane and Lindsay arrive on Sunday. At the start when the winds were so light it looked as if they might be having to holiday just the two of them for a couple of days.So looking forward to seeing you
both and having fun in the sun. It has been frustrating to be sailing on clear blue water for three weeks and not to have been able to swim and snorkel, or be able to stop by a little beach bar for a rum punch. We are so looking forward to doing all this
together!
See you soon…