Position 14 31.6N 59 07.4W
Distance to go: 109 miles
All is well and the end is near. Our expected arrival time
is around daybreak tomorrow. The wind has held, albeit, on the lighter side but
still enough to keep boat speed in the 6 kt range. It is very hot…oppressively
hot…with the wind from astern there is little cooling efect from the breeze on
deck. Any shadey spot has become prime real estate on deck. We have begun some
pre-arrival chores such as completing individual as well as vessel customs
declarations; health declarations, etc.. Also completed a minor chafe repair to
the mainsail at the lower spreader. Once we round the northern tip of St
Lucia, the last few miles will be upwind. In preparation for that we have also
removed the staysail and the inner forestay to make tacking upwind more efficient.
This afternoon we will be doing some housekeeping to get the interior spruced
up for arrival. Basically we are keeping busy so we're not watching the clock
tick down. Tonight we will set our watches back one more hour to St Lucia time
(1 hour ahead of EST).
Dinner last night was roasted chicken with spanish
rice….very nice!
We presently have three boats in sight.
Looking forward to a nice juicey bacon cheese burger with a
tall cold beer for lunch tomorrow!
Until tomorrow
vcp
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