SUNDAY 1100 AST MAY 20

We finally left Puerto Rico, Saturday morning, after waiting there about a week, first to help get Runa from RUNAL on an airplane home to Sweden to be with her family and terminally ill mother (she passed away a week after Runa arrived) and then for Al’s brother to arrive to help him sail RUNAL on back to Florida. We’re 24 hours out of Puerto Rico and our current position is 19 degrees 37 minutes north and 067 degrees 18 minutes west, heading 308 degrees magnetic on a rhumbline to San Salvador, 489 nautical miles distant. We’re making 5 – 6 knots with the wind right on the stern which makes life a little rolly but it’s a lot easier going than beating into the wind, waves and current! We hope to arrive in the Bahamas Thursday morning and are looking forward to spending a little time there before sailing on to Florida toward the end of June. I’ll keep this short since we have to turn off the autopilot to transmit on the radio (and we’re quite spoiled to not having to hand steer!).

Later,
David and Claudia

MONDAY 1050 AST MAY 21

Well, I never got around to getting this sent out yesterday so here’s a brief update: Our current position is 20 deg. 43 min. N, 069 deg. 03 min. W. Sailing along at 4.5 – 5 knots but the forecast is for the winds to decrease to only 10 knots Tuesday night so we’ll be doing a lot of motoring before we get in.

D & C