Day Three at Sea

Good news. We managed to thread the needle all day yesterday and all evening, by somehow avoiding most of the squalls. We had the occasional short-lived rainfall, but other than that, we had ideal, cloudy weather, keeping the temperature quite pleasant. The winds were mostly 20 knots, with some gusts to 30. The seas are very high, with lots of rocking and rolling, but QuickStar is sailing well (and I'm not nearly as freaked out as I would have been only a year ago). For the most part, we been able to maintain course on the rhumb line (the direct route to our destinatin) leaving us only 155 miles left to go to Nieu. If all goes according to plan we should arrive before sunset tomorrow evening. Hopefully we'll start seeing whales soon. One of the other boats that we are maintaining radio contact with had a 40 foot whale come and rub up on one of his hulls (he has a catermaran). A little close for comfort. Will check in again tomorrow on our final day at sea.