By Cara Lauzon
Last night was another clear and beautiful night, the moon was so bright it’s hard to tell when it’s dawn. Ship’s cat Fiji was slinking about in the moonlight she seems to be enjoying it. Towards 5:30 it started to cloud over and there were lightning flashes beginning. As the morning wore on it turned to squalls, which was exciting because it means lots of sail handling. It’s so warm that even in driving rain you are fine in a t-shirt and shorts, pretty big contrast to the cold passage out of Lunenburg.
Date: 30 March 2018
Noon Position: 26°20.1N- 087°18.5’W
Course + Speed: W, 5.1kts
Wind direction + Force: N, F6-7
Swell Height + Direction: 1.5 m, N
Weather: Overcast, Squalls
Day’s Run: 107
Passage Log: 826.9nm
Distance to Port: 427nm
Voyage: 2926nm
Sail Set: inner jib, topsails, foresail, fore and fain topmast staysails
