Still progressing…
We have had a couple of days of high speed close reaching, breaking our previous record by making 185 miles in 24 hours.
Then we had 5 hours of total calm and drizzle.
Then the wind filled in again from the south and today the sun came out again. Now we are doing a steady 5 knots.
Meanwhile we broke and repaired our mainsheet traveler block.
Less than 400 miles to go now. Sun is out, sea is fairly calm, all is well.
Except the wind is forecast to drop to zero again in a couple of days. So who knows when we will get there.
Thursday, May 26, 2011, 04:00 GMT – 39 deg 10 min N, 040 deg 11 min W