Position at 1200 local time 12 degrees 43 minutes north, 066 degrees 11 west
Sailing with poled out genoa wing on wing at 7 to 8 knots
Wind 14knots from the East
Swell lengthened
VMG to Bonaire has been 7 plus for the last 24 hours and we have 130nm to go
Yesterday afternoon the wind eased off a little and we continued to sail poled out other then a short stint were we went onto a starboard tack as the wind went a little more north easterly. It was a lovely relaxing afternoon reading and catching up on sleep. Andrew got the fishing rod out and we hooked one fish but it got away after fish drill to slow Askari down from the 8 knots she was doing at the time. We spoke to Steve on Alkemi and they caught a huge Mahi so we were a bit jealous.
Overnight the wind was amazingly consistent and I don't think we touched a thing all night. We had about 15 knots of wind and it was lovely. This morning the sunrise was shrouded in cloud unfortunately but then the blue sky broke through and the wind dropped, our speed dropped to and it was a bit frustrating for a while.
Food has been going well and I even just made a cake as I had left over frosting from Andrew's birthday.
Now we have a few squalls around us and in between the wind is lighter, so one minute we are trucking along and then we are being slewed around by the ocean and not enough wind.
Update 1400 we just spotted a military ship approaching us - it was the same one Steve mentioned came by him yesterday TTS Moruga - the MMSI looks American to me but they told him they were Trinidad and Tobago Navy. We will be tracking them.
We should arrive in Bonaire tomorrow - yay!
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