title above has now changed. The weather forecast yesterday showed a doldrum
heading up to the latitude of Grenada into our path which would require us
to stay north longer. We had been planning after reaching Grenada to get the
boat lifted out for antifouling then cruise north to Martinique then return
to Grenada for our wedding in February. We decided that we might save
ourselves a lot of time by going directly to Martinique now which is much
better equipped with boat yards and chandleries and is where Fountaine Pajot
(the boat manufacturer) does warranty work should anything come to light
during the lift. This will also save us a fairly difficult routing into
Grenada against the wind and give us more time for cruising the Windward
islands later. Ironically our friends on Serena (the Lagoon catamaran we met
in Mindelo who were also heading to Grenada) called us on our satellite
phone and they have also decided to divert to Martinique so we are hoping to
see them when we get there.
Progress has slowed slightly as we are now taking a more direct course
downwind. We should pass another time zone this afternoon taking boat time
to GMT-3.
Distance covered noon to noon: 134nM
Position @ noon: Lat 15 05.360N, Long 44 52.428W
Total distance = 1205nM
Distance to run = 927nM
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