From Ed: Our departure from Newport went well yesterday (Friday) just before 2:00 PM local time. The breeze was a robust Northwester delivering very satisfying boat speeds in the 8.5 knot range for the better part of the afternoon and evening. Later the breeze was getting softer and we turned on the engine at 1:30 AM giving up a lot of that hard earned boat speed.
Dinner turned out to be a catch-as-catch-can since everyone was tired and trying to get into the groove for the next 10 days. Meals are now on a more normal basis, whatever that means. Who said real sailors don't eat quiche, it was a great breakfast.
We saw only one boat last night apparently headed in a similar direction as Gypsea. Motoring in this huge high pressure system is eating into our fuel supply but we'll stop for fuel in Bermuda if we have to.
The water has turned to "offshore blue" and the temperature today is fairly warm. The cabin heater works great, it was 79 degrees in the cabin when I woke up this morning for my watch.
Ran the watermaker for an hour and a half today and made 10 gallons of potable water. We'll need to run it for several hours each day to keep up with the normal consumption.
As of noon time today, we have logged approximately 140 miles in the last 22 hours and we are 88 miles from entering the Gulf Stream. Based on our current speed of 6.2 knots we should enter the stream around 5:00 AM Sunday. We are using 38 10'N, 69 45'W as our entry into the stream and should exit the stream at approximately 37 20'N, 68 55'W.
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