We spent the entire day under full main and the red/white symmetric chute.
We were about 160 miles from Bermuda. We set a waypoint halfway to Bermuda about 2km east of the rumline. Bearing to this mark was 144, while Bermuda was 161.
Back home Kevin was texting us weather/wind/position reports through our Iridium Garmin Inreach unit. His intel said that around dinner time, the winds would diminish and swing from the NW to the N. Around sunset the winds would turn off and fill in from the NE 10-12 knots. That we should try and get further east of the rumline to get to the new wind first.
Helming was actually pretty easy:
We took the time to pull up from below and flake the #1 and the jib top reacher, putting them in their bags and stowing below:
Sorry about the little bit of salt spray on the camera on my phone.
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| Luca and Heather |
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| My turn on the helm |
17:00 adjusted course to Bermuda
AWA 130
TWS 12-16 knots
BSP 6-7 knots
20:00 gybed spin 76 miles from Bermuda
BTW 156
COG 149
AWA 100
TWS 12-16 knots
SOG 6.8 knots
We just kept on knocking off the miles!
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