Becalmed

Our fast sailing ended yesterday afternoon when the wind died. We've been motoring in very light conditions for the past 26 hours. We just turned off the engine to get a break from the engine noise. We just hate wasting all our fuel so early on! So we are drifting along at 2.5 knots on flat calm seas under blue skies with some fluffy white clouds. We check in with the "Rum Runners" SSB radio network each morning. Over 30 boats checked in this morning. The majority of them are planning to stop over at the Cape Verdes Islands to get more fuel before heading west across the ocean. We had not planned to stop there and we don't have any charts for those islands. We've got a couple of days to figure out what we're going to do. It may take us a LONG time to cross this ocean! BTW, saw dolphins beside us yesterday and whales last night under moonlit skies. Magical.

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