Gypsea enjoyed great sailing all day Monday, through the night and into Tuesday morning sailing along at 7.5 knots and arriving abeam of Antigua too soon. We were actually abeam of Antigua around 2200 hours Monday night but chose to sail about 20 miles beyond Antigua to kill some time and tacked back towards Antigua at 0400 to arrive at the entrance of Falmouth Harbor in the morning light.
The passage was a mix of some heavier weather but nothing real severe. The heaviest weather was the approach to Bermuda with 30 knots on the nose and a good sea running. We experienced more than out share of light air which created fuel concerns but with a good beam reach the last day and a half, we had fuel to spare.
The passage was a good one, with excellent sailing mates aboard and Jim Fox was a great cook and kept the entire crew well fed and nourished. He even prepared an exquisite turkey dinner with all the fixings (Swanson's) in the event crew members were not able to get home for Thanksgiving.
The weather in Antigua is a comfortable 86 degrees and I'm waiting for the Admiral(Liz!) to arrive soon.
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