Day 8 High high- bye bye…

Well we made it (I hope). All the forecasts say we should be seeing some wind this afternoon and building for the next two days. I was a little skeptical when I went on shift this morning considering how calm it was again, however the swell had backed more to the west and we were able to motor sail at around 11am.

Jed and I put the fuel from the Jerry cans into the main tanks so we will be ready to go if the wind does pick up. Ron gave me a little scare when half way through the filling he said the starboard side level sender stopped working.

“What now?” I thought to myself – but it was just a miscommunication and we were up and running again.

Noon to noon run was 113 miles. If this is truly the end of the high, we essentially motored through it in three days and had a couple patches where we could sail at 3-4 kts. All in all I am glad with our route choice and hope we have some downwind sailing in the next 24 hours.