37°19.2’N 35°47.2’W
SOG (Speed over Ground): 6.3 knots (sailing)
Heading: 060
Distance from Bermuda: 1,451nm
Distance to Horta: 348nm
ETA (Horta): Saturday (evening) May 31
By the time I went out last night the stars were gone. A front was moving in and the shift became one of watching the squalls approach on the radar, hoping each one would pass us by or be avoidable. Most missed by a couple of miles. 20 minutes before the end of my shift a squall formed on an intercept trajectory. I hate wishing bad on others but I was watching this one hoping my shift would end before it hit. I was the lucky one.
The big question right now, at least for me, is when will we arrive. We continue to progress at a rate that will get us in Saturday evening. While on the one hand we’re all settled in to life on the boat, the anticipation of being able to decompress builds each day. Even if we arrive after customs close, we’ll tie up to the dock and make the boat secure. For obvious reasons, we limit ourselves to a shared bottle of wine each day with our evening meal. We’ve agreed, with little debate, to relax this rule once we’re tied down.
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