ARC 2022 - Quotes- 2

Here are a few more quotes from the Iridium communication with the Montana in correct chronological order:

Day 10: "Continue with Butterfly, lighter winds this morning. Have swapped jib for mainsail. Maybe genacker today. Waiting for the wind shift."

Day 12: "Tonight the wind dropped, now have 13kn true with butterfly genoa and mainsail, 5.5kn speed."

Day 13: "Went through the night with a 5kt butterfly headsail. Have now switched to mainsail and spinnaker and are running a 6kt target course. Have an eye on good sailing and weather rather than placement, since honesty is now important in the declaration of engine hours. Excitement is very good just a pity we may not be able to get through without an engine and we would have liked to have stayed under 18 days."

Day 14: "Yesterday only ran under spinnaker, sometimes only 3-5kt above deck, at night both headsails again. First small squalls. Switched back to spinnaker this morning. 97NM Etmal :-(. Will work through the day today and we'll see tomorrow. It would be nice if we could solve most of it by sailing."

Day 15: "Sailed well through the night in 10-12 kt half wind from the south. Still running with normal sails 5 kt. Crew is still motivated to make it without an engine. We keep fighting."

The whole crew is fine. There are still approx. 590 NM to St. Lucia, so an arrival in 5-6 days can be expected.