RORC600 (3)

A day of beautiful regatta sailing with wind from abeam and later behind towards Guadeloupe is behind us. We quickly passed Guadeloupe's lee and avoided the lulls better than most other ships. So we were able to make up a few places up to the Isle de Saintes. Then it was on the cross to the northeast, past Guadeloupe to get past La Desirade.

This is where luck left us. The wind died down 2 hours too early. With a wind of 5 kt from NE with a still relatively high wave and above all 2.5 kt current from NE we parked at the southern tip of La Desirade, or we could no longer run against the wind to get around the island for the last few miles then to be able to sail towards Barbuda with half wind. This took us more than 5 hours in total. At some point the wind picked up again and finally we made it.

However, our big goal of finishing before the award ceremony is now a long way off. Nevertheless, we will continue and finish the RORC600.