Nasty Night

Mother ocean is making us pay. Large confused seas and steady wind. We have been trying to keep it slow so we arrive in daylight but this has made it more uncomfortable. Had a couple splashes in our very high cockpit.

Everything is a mess down below. Just had a tanker pass us way to close for our liking. I called him just to make sure he saw us. He wasn't stressed at all lol.

We are in good spirits. We can smell the land and see it illuminated in the distance. 15 more miles to endure. It's 2am so we will slow even more in a couple hours. Holding on tight. Yeeehawww

Getting our exercise

The wind has been directly behind us since we left only varying slightly from side to side. It varies enough for us to question if we should move the pole holding the sail out to the other side.

Inevitably we do (this process is not fun in the big rolly sea) only to find we need to move it back! 4 times so far. 

Last time we were in the thick of it and a dolphin did a triumphant jump and spin in the air right next to us. Startled me and I whooped out loud. I heard Graham from the front of the rolly boat yelling 'focus on the task at hand'!

Off to Santa Marta

We made it off the customs dock in Aruba around 8AM. A little squally out right now, buy this is supposed to clear off.

Arrived in Aruba

3 day downwind passage with our friend Jim on board. 

Perfect Day

No squalls all day. Wind and waves from behind at 15knots avg. Sun, good food, music, conversation and relaxation. So nice. Fingers crossed tonight isn’t a repeat of last night! Hamburger hash and mash potatoes for dinner.