Monday Feb 16,09 Day 9
Night watch was uneventful if a bit difficult to move around on.
The wind is steady at Force 6 from the NExE giving us 7 knot over the ground. We are sailing NNW
under Topsails and Topgallant on the main and Foresail, topsails and Topgallant on the Fore. We still have
the spanker and the main topmast staysail set , which at first seemed odd to me but she steers really well.
The flying fish are back. There have been very few around for the last couple of days as we recrossed the
equator going North.
John and Buddy are hard at work on new sails in the Salon and the on watch gang are getting ready to
bend on the repaired Fore Royal sail.
Should be a good day
The day was actually not bad. The sky stayed cloudy but bright and the seas have finally returned to a
more pleasant blue instead of the menacing steely grey. There were no rain squalls and by the end of our
afternoon watch the sky was clear and full of stars.
We are now 860 miles from Grenada making about 8 knots over the ground so we have picked up the new
current.
Thanks for reading.
KJ
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