We did about 160nm on each day. Lots of squalls, making it uncomfortable and difficult to sail. We would sail easily in light winds and small seas for a few hours. Then a squall would show up and we'd have winds typically blowing around 25 kts with dumping rain. Then the rain would let up, the winds would die and we'd motor for a bit. Rinse and repeat. On Chris' watch she did manage to have a squall hit with about 5 minutes of continuous 37kts - not really fun.
We have made it close enough to the Brazilian coast to pickup the north going current. It is currently pushing us at around 1.5 to 2kts north while we motor in 2-4kts of wind.
Along with some missing rivets on our boom to gooseneck fitting, the tang that holds the boom vang to the boom has broken. I have it held on with some dyneema lashing for now. Hopefully when we get to Devil's Island in French Guiana we can do a bit more of a temporary fix.
950 miles to go.
Paul
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