What a lovely day sailing in the trade winds.  Giselle held 9 knots over the ground for most of the day and nearly 8 over night even though we had 2 reefs in the main to make it relaxing for the watch keepers.  We have earnt the respect of a fast cruising 51ft catamaran up [...]

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Great wind all day and a knot of current for most of the time.  RECORD day’s run of 180 miles, that’s an average of 7.5 knots.  The weather files (GRIB files) have us holding in the better wind for the next few days.  Boats behind will have less.  The swell we get here has come [...]

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Left Wreck bay at 07:55.  All the boats know that you are leaving for the “big one” so give you a good wave and sometimes hoot their horn.  Motor sailed to start with to fill the water tank from the water maker.  We have a good hot shower when we are making water!  Then a [...]

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