There was a watch change aboard Persephone at 10am. I got 3 good hours of rack time...and feel rested. We are appx 20 miles south and east of Samana, D.R. heading toward the Mona Passage. During the night, the winds came up a bit...just enough for us to sail (without the motor) for about 20 miles...every little bit helps !! But, now, we are back to motoring as the wind has dropped off to about 3 knots. In addition, that pesky counter-current continues at about 1 knot against us. So, we are motoring through the water at 6.7 knots but doing only 5.7 +/- over the ground...very frustrating. Simply, over 10 hours we lose 10 miles and 2 gallons of fuel. I've darn near worn out the calculator doing time / mileage / fuel computations...every way I do it, we arrive in Boqueron, P.R. on fumes (or less !).
However, all is well aboard. All I can say is Persephone is one reliable, rugged little vessel taking great care of us. We couldn't ask more from her.
Our current position: At 10:55 am Tuesday 19 08.74 N 068 46.98 W 135Mag at 5.5 SOG.
It is one great boat. You may want to purchase
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next trip.