Tuesday 17 November - The Long Way Home
Sterling came to the boat about 08:30 this morning. We became acquainted, I introduced him to Advent; I think we will all be friends. We walked the mile to the supermarket, spent almost $500 on provisions, and got a taxi to take us and a mountain of food back to the boat. Sterling sorted and stowed while I made ready to get underway, we had an easy check-out with the authorities, and slipped the dock lines at 14:10. It is aout 850nm to Cape Verde.
It is now 19:45. We are about 5 miles off the southern end of Tenerife. Sterling is asleep now, in a few minutes I will wake him for his first watch at night, from 20:00 until 24:00. We are on the line (the rhumb line from Canaries to Cape Verde) sailing wing 'n wing directly before the wind, at about 6 knots. Surprisingly it is very comfortable, not rocking side to side. I think we are off to a good start. By the time we go down to Cape Verde, then across, then up to North Carolina, the trip will be about 5,000 miles. That is a long way home.
Reef Early
Bill Doar
s/v Advent II
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