Atlantic waves and sweet swells

Up early and raised sail around 7am. Slow start going around some rocks, er small islands and between some reefs, but all was well. Short changed the canvas that was up today, started with one reef in the main and full jib as there were some gusts, but really we should have had a full main. But we were making reasonable time in 14-15 knots of wind that we should easily clear customs by 3:30pm. We averaged about 7 knots all day, and cleared customs at 1pm and proceeded to pout. Well hide from the sun, its hot. Cool breeze but the sun is hot.

Made some texican breakfast tacos along the way, chilled out mainly on a beam reach, wind about 72 degrees to port, max speed 12knots on the GPS, average up to 7.5 at one point, but when we turned down wind it got hot even tho we were still doing 7 knots and in no hurry.

Had some snacks after clearing customs and then proceeded to hide from the sun. Christine worked inside the boat organizing, de-cluttering and getting rid of stuff we will never use. Wayne and I hid and had a few beers. As the sun started going down we dropped the jib, untied/tangled the main sail, its ready to drop on deck, the reefing lines are drawn, the mast cars are disconnected, the only thing holding the sail on is the lazy jacks and sail bag.

Pretty much ready for the haul out in the morning, when we’ll start the washing and cleaning / stowing of gear till the next trip down here.

Cooked some jerk wings for snacks tomorrow and some of our left over tuna for dinner. Tried the steaks on the grill, was okay but none of us was that hungry, so we finished off the ice cream instead.

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