Thursday, April 9, 2009

Brochure sailling

Yesterday we sailed from Five Island Harbor on the west side of
Antigua, to Barbuda, about 32 miles. It was "brochure" sailing all
the way. Once we got pointed in the right direction we had 13-15
knots of true wind on the starboard beam which gave us 16-19 knots of
apparent wind at about 60 degrees. We moved really nicely through
4-5' waves (as reported by Wind Guru, I can never estimate wave
height) at a steady 8-9 knots with the autopilot having a good day and
steering a straight course.

Warm wind, warm water, 8-9 knots of boat speed and only the occasional
splash onto the deck. That's what the brochure said!

We're now anchored off 11 mile beach and look forward to a little
exploring later today.