Friday 04 December

Friday 04 December - 1020 miles from Cape Verde
Exceptionally good sailing. The waves are large, but even and spaced out so the ride is smooth. The wind feels like about 15 kts but we are going 6+ knots.
We may have arrived at a routine. The day starts at 20:00 in the evening when I go to bed and Sterling goes on watch, until midnight when we switch. Then at 04:00 I go back to bed and he comes on until 08:00. The last few days Sterling has stayed awake until about 15:00 when he goes down until his watch at 20:00. We have one common meal a day, about 14:00. Sterling does all the cooking and I do all the cleanup. Other trips have been rice 'n stuff. This trip is beans 'n stuff. This system seems to be working well.
If we ever have to change the sails we will have forgotten how to do it. The wind stays on out stbd quarter, over our right shoulder. Sometimes it blows 20, sometimes 15. One day it was 10. I think I like Atlantic trade wind sailing.
Reef Early
Bill Doar
s/v Advent II