We continue west towards Martinique, although except for a brief spell of 15 knot winds overnight, the wind has deserted us. We'd been able to make a creditable 4-5 knots in 8-10 knots of wind under Spifurl but this afternoon we have finally switched on the engines as the wind dropped below 6 knots. We are now motoring under blue skies and strong sunshine (35 degrees in the shade). We can now take a direct course after zig-zagging / gybing in under Spifurl. We were looking at a Saturday arrival yesterday morning, but now with no wind, it is likely to be Sunday. We have however, plentiful diesel supplies to get us all the way in due to the minimal motoring done so far and we are just making our way in gradually. However, with the gentle swell and gorgeous weather we are not in any rush.
Distance (noon to noon): 130nm
Position: 14 57.250N, 55 17.888W
Total Distance run: 1909nm
Distance remaining: 327nm
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