First night and round of watches over with. Simply awesome evening. A little motor sailing till my shift came up at 1am – 4am, then we could maintain 6kt with just the jib, it was really time to raise the main, just being cautious waited till daylight to make sure none of the lines were twisted.

Lovely dinner cooked up by Capt’n Ron, no kidding, that’s his name. Some chicken boobs (Breasts) and rice, a cold beer and all was good.

As I started this update, the wind shifted, so we went from 10kt with the wind on the port beam to 6kt beating with wind off 40 degrees too the port. Just dropped the dagger boards down, and now back up to 7kt into the 10kt breeze – the speed is the speed through water, not speed over ground which is about a knot slower.

The night was filled with stars and an almost full moon, I think we saw but 2 ships throughout the night, and definitely no oil wells like we are used to in the gulf. Was pretty chilly with the breeze and the jackets and hats were sported by all on watch.

The turkey is thawing in the fridge, to we’ll be celebrating thanksgiving as everyone else, turkey and mashed potatoes, homemade dressing, etc..

All is good here.

As the crow flies, 2577kn miles to go. 194 miles under the keel in the last 24hrs