Last evening's sail was as Foxie put it, "A Real 10". Despite the light wind we have been experiencing, Gypsea was sailing to windward all night in the seven knot range in perfectly flat seas and her course was expertly controlled through the wind shifts by "Hans-Solo" (the Monitor windvane). During the midnight to 2:00 AM watch the sky couldn't be more brilliant with clusters of stars everywhere. If you wish to see a shooting star, lay back and wait a few minutes and you'll see several shooting stars. Offshore sailing can be truly spectacular!
Today we are motoring to make-up some easting we had given up to circumvent a low pressure system earlier in the week. Our position is 23 50N 63 31W. We're expecting the trade winds to kick in somewhere around 21N or about 150 miles from the present location. The trade winds should be 20-25 knots from the NNE and should carry us on a nice reach the rest of the way to Antigua. Anticipated arrival time is hopefully on Monday.
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