Still pushing. Rainy and squally. Not bad though. In the old days of my youth with all this rain we would be out in it with a bar of soap getting squeaky clean. But we have freshwater showers now so why bother… Trainee Sue is getting her ratline seizing done. Sue is a strong sailor.
Date: May 18, 2019
From: Jost Van Dyke, BVI, West Indies
Towards: St George’s, Bermuda
Noon position: 24°-20′ North Latitude / 063°-00′ West Longitude
Course and speed: SWly at 7.5 knots, motoring along
Wind force and direction: light SEly winds
Seas/swell: steady organized ENEly seas 1 metre
Barometer: 1020 and steady
Sky: rainy and overcast
Water temperature: 26.5C – 80F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 164 nautical miles
Distance to the next port: 467 nautical miles as the Pole Star pulls