Today is day 3 of the ride to the Azores. We are at 32 degrees 38 minutes N and 58 degrees 59 minutes W. Thanks to Herb's forecasting we have skirted the nasty weather and still had enough wind to average 7 to 8 knots in 15 - 20 k winds from the NW. We are taking the Southerly route heading of 90 degrees. Tomorrow we plan to begin our northward turn. The forecast for today is more of the same with occasional rain. Its turned cool so we have all moved out of our island clothes to our Florida winter attire. The new canvas has us snug and dry. The top bench seat continues to be the choice seating.
Winds have lightened this morning to 10-15. This has helped my seasickness which has gotten progressively worse. I have not been able to do much more than dump the food out of the refrigerator and throw it at the stove. At that point Ed has taken over and I run for the bed (or the head). The guys have been great cleaning up too. The down side is our speed is down to 5.5 k and I haven't had dinner for 3 nights.
I have included pics of the morning activities. With the lighter winds, we shook the reef out of the main and Ivor and Ed gave the back porch a much needed wash down.
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