Another day passed. 160nm in 24 hours. Not bad. Rainer is happy and I am amused. 😀
 
In the afternoon hours we saw another sailing vessel ahead of us. First encounter since we left. The race was on. We called them over VHF and after a while got a reply. The voice and timbre sounded familar to me. Yes, Horst and Christina from SY Malou were next to us, my neighbours for a few days in Mindelo/Cabo Verde. What a damned small world in the middle of this vast pond. We talked a while on the radio and concluded to meet up at the anchorage in Saint George.
 
On top we just celebrated the start of our downhill passage, 430nm behind us, same distance ahead towards Saint George/Bermuda. The second half of the passage will be a bit more challenging from a wind perspective but we are prepared as wind angle and speed will not be as favorable as we got them up to know. No option out here, we need to deal with it.
 
Days are getting longer but temperature (air and water) have dropped. The jumper becomes the new normal during the nights…
 
Fair winds…
Bernd