With 150 miles to go we had to maintain about 6 knots to achieve it in about 24 hrs. In fact we made it in 25hrs to Hugh Town, Saint Mary's arriving early morning. But it wasn't a nice passage. The wind was a force 3 to 4 mostly behind us but the sea was so confused and lumpy, we motor sailed for most of it and just motored over night for the second half. I tried all sail combinations including the spinnaker but they all slammed about and added little interest to the trip. The one high note to the trip was that several dolphin pods visited us and played in our bow wave for a considerable time.
They also came at night but not easy to photograph.
In the morning we found what we believe to be a couple of garfish on the deck. Maybe the dolphin were chasing them.
After I had been awake for 24hrs, the sail into St Mary's was a bit weird until the sun came up and the brick walls surrounding us became sea waves!
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