Tuesday 5th December
We had a great last 24 hours covering 165nm! A new fast VMG of 6.9 too and so now (in the morning) we have 880nm to go to St Lucia.
Today our remaining bananas definitely looked dead..it was finally time to make the banana loaf recipe that “Tempus” had sent through, after I ogled the pic they posted back on day 3 or 4, of the most delicious looking bread. They turned out great!
Captain rich made the yummiest dinner tonight - Mahi mahi steaks with grilled eggplant & a tomato sauce. He got a little confused on the timing & served it up at 415pm, which was pretty funny. The banana bread may come in handy for the night watch!Fast day, not too uncomfortable but a few of the crew suffering a little nausea, probably from lack of sleep. The last 2 nights have felt like we’re sleeping on a fast train rocketing through the darkness, racing down hills & around corners all night long. Waking up for squalls or autopilot checks too hasn’t helped. Early night tonight for those who can!
Seeing some gnarly looking residual swell on the predict wind forecast for the weekend, from the hurricane north of us. It may affect us as we come into St Lucia on Sunday or Monday. It’s looking big. Hopefully the forecast changes, we’ll be keeping an eye on it.
Uno out.