Wind came up from the East yesterday afternoon and by dark we had 20kts and were flying downwind with the 2 headsails. Julie woke up at 9 in the morning and we raised the main sail. Sunflower was in her element, 20-25kts on the port quarter 120 degrees, 1 reef in the main, staysail and half the genoa, we were absolutely romping along homeward bound (home for a while), just wish we had a drone. Now we are behind Ua-Hua, taken out the reef and still managing 6-7kts and with 21nm to go we may be there just on dark??! Been a great trip so far, will be crazy when it's over, will be happy for sure but also miss these days.
Flags still hanging in there but we WILL put up a new one before entering the anchorage
Good to see you're on the move again and nearly at your destination - long haul! That's a lot of miles.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Sadiqi