Monday, June 30, 2014
Return from Bermuda

We left Hamilton around 9:30 local time, 0830 EDT. Peter flew home on Friday, so the return consists of Mike Stock, Billy Godiksen, and Greg Linderman, all F-18 pilots from the same Navy squadron, and Andrew Dieselman, a recent college graduate headed for law school.

The two hours out of Hamilton and clearing the reefs, and the next few hours toward Marblehead were punctuated by a few rain squalls carrying the only significant wind, so we motored. We were in a large gang of about 20 boats but they have gradually dissipated and now, only a few show up on AIS, and none visually.

Around 1400, the wind freshened from the east and we never saw less than 10 kts as of this morning. So, we had a delightful starboard tack beat all night, using a mix of hand steering, autopilot and wind vane.

Addie's Mediterranean lamb stew last night did not last very long with four young guys.

Hot and humid, mostly the latter.

Winds appear to be going soft on us later today as they clock from east to south and then, 10 to 20 most of the way home. To avoid the high pressure low winds, we have headed a little west of the rhumb line for several hours.


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