Twenty four hours of sunshine and stars, and 174 miles on the clock - Cleone's best day yet on this Rally.
If anything, the Trades have freshened and backed slightly. We are now on a broad reach with full plain sails set, less a reef in the Mainsail, and bowling along at an average of about six and a half knots through the water. We've a favourable current of about a knot. All this adds up to great sailing, and for us, great progress. We even managed to survive the Skipper's second bout of cooking, though luckily for Norfy the threatened curry did not materialise. Apart from that; little to report. Sailing in light weather is hard work, but 3-hour bouts of helming and sail trim require concentration, and the wheel is physically quite demanding in these conditions.
But we are all revelling in it, and very happy.
All well and all the best,
James, Chris & Elizabeth
Yacht Cleone
At sea
06.31S 101.53N