Crossing the Atlantic Ocean
Because the Maritime police don't work on the weekends, we had to wait for Monday morning and of course it was very busy with arrivals as well as those of us wanting to leave. It was 0945 when we lifted the anchor and headed into a choppy channel between the islands. We had 15 - 20 knts and rocketed along doing from 6 to 10 knts over the ground. A great start for a long trip.
The next day saw a large swell and clouds with the wind staying constant. Day 3 and we have 5 small Mahi Mahi and 1 large Wahoo.........................YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Fish for the next few days. We did lose 2 lures during the catching of the wahoo so we guessed there must have been a large school of them going past. We settled back into the watches and sleeping odd times. The next few days saw rain, winds 20-28 knts and squalls during the nights. We lost a blade off the wind generator so our power production reduced. All the wind and no generator................and with rain, those solar panels don't work, so we had to go back to the old motor to charge the batteries. We have installed a smart regulator which puts more into the batteries for longer. We had one on T REX and didn't think to send one over so ended up buying and installing one in Gibralta.
Day 7 and the winds dropped back to 10 - 15 knts and it was obvious with our speed. A slow night followed up with morning squalls. We have not had a sunrise or sunset without clouds on the horizon.