Friday 11 December - 180 miles to Antigua
A beautiful day sailing; 5.5 - 6.0 knots. The problem is that if we continue to sail at 5.5 knots we will arrive Antigua in the dark and have to stop and wait for daylight before we enter the harbour. So we are trying to maintain the speed between 4.0 and 5.0 knots to get there at daybreak, or more precisely, the start of nautical twilight. The boat doesn't understand why we are going slowly and, like a horse being constrained, is not really happy. She will understand Sunday morning. Other than sailing slowly today, and I expect tomorrow, the last day, will be just like any other day. Just another day of beautiful sailing.
Reef Early
Bill Doar
s/v Advent II
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