August 24th, Greetings from Bequia

Greetings from Bequia!
Well, after a night of no wind and motoring for most of it, we finally picked-up a nice breeze about 0500 from our aft quarter that is leading us straight home.  The sea state is moderate with 5 foot wind waves on top of 8 to 10 foot rollers. With just the jib out, we are slewing around our desired heading by +/- 15 degrees.  The motion is kinda like doing a slalom course with your rear tires flat.  Our current position is: N36deg 13′ W139deg 56′  we should easily be less than 800 miles from the Gate by this afternoon (8/23).  As we close in on our destination, some critical supplies are getting low, namely beer, coffee and the skipper’s cigars.  The crew is quite concerned for the skipper’s well being as whenever a situation requires heavy thought, it seems that a beer (or coffee depending on the time of day) and a cigar are required.  I’m not sure how this is going to play out – stay tuned.

Pam and Roger