We got our 30kts yesterday alright, right up the bum and Sunflower was moving out screaming down the coast of Cuba in the shipping lanes with her 2 headsails set. We arrived at Cabo San Antonio the SW Cape at 1600 perfect timing really as with the currents there and all that wind was quite messy and in went 3 reefs in the main with staysail and a tiny bit of Genoa and we were screaming on a broad reach south. Just before midnight enough was enough crossing through a shipping channel with the waves on our beam touching 9 knots quite regularly it was time to slow down, the cabin was a mess from stuff being thrown around everywhere by the odd wave that smacked the side like a freight train so with the 3 reefs and just the staysail we were a lot more comfortable doing 5.5-6knts with no stress
It's been a wild ride but today it has eased off a bit but with some rain around and even managed to have a shower so things are smelling a lot better aboard the fine ship Sunflower with 200nm to get to Belize...Happy days
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