Trade Wind Sailing

After the crazy wind conditions down the African coast with changing winds every day a few times, we are enjoying the trade wind sailing again. The wind blows constantly from the S-E and once everything is set, there can be days without changing the sail positions except little trimming here and there.
Yesterday we thought we have lost the Benguela Current what was pushing us nicely towards St. Helena, but last night we got it again and our average speed is increasing to 7.5 knots, what is the best start of a journey we ever had so far.
Every early evening, just after sunset we have the opportunity to watch a big comet with a long glowing tail in the south-west. A pity that we are bouncing around too much and cannot make a picture.

1167 NM to St. Helena, Wind 20 knots S-E, Foresail boomed out to port, Mainsail (2 reefs) and Cutter Sail to starboard.

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