Hi - Well, we completed day 2 at 10:30AM today, Thursday, September 27. It was quite a wild day with lots of wind and very large waves as a result. Even though we were having winds up to 30-35 knots at times it averaged around 25. With such heavy winds you might expect our mileage to be good, however, due to the high waves it really slowed us down to an overall average speed of 3.6 knots and total for the day of 88 nautical miles. It was slow but at least it is in the right direction. We got some rain showers as well, but the moon was nice when it was not hidden by the clouds. This morning we were greeted with a beautiful sunrise and we even got to see a full rainbow with both ends in the ocean - it was quite the sight! We reduced sail quite a bit and were sailing with 2 reefs in the main and a reefed down genoa.
We are trying to go north some with our easting, but the wind has not cooperated too well in that area, but we still have time to get farther north. Luckily we don't have to go too far north as we had decided to go straight to the marina in Lagos.
Just a note, with our speed being much slower than we had forecasted we will be longer than the orginal 6 days that we planned. Don't worry about that as we definitely have enough food and water on board for an army!! Just wanted to let you know that it will take longer than projected as we are figuring on the same types of winds and waves as we have been having for a few more days. We would rather be as comfortable as possible. Yesterday eating was minimal as we were heeling quite a bit and weren't up to cooking. Right now we are moving ahead at 3 knots and not heeling as much so will have a hot dinner tonight!
As of 4PM (our time) on 9/27 we are at 36.57.425N, 20.33.979W with a heading of 85 degrees magnetic and wind speed of 20 knots - things are good!! Take care & best wishes - will call in to shiptrak again later tonight for those that are interested.
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