On our way accross the Atlantic

We departed from Martinique in the morning 3rd. May.

We have been at anchor at Sainte-Anne beach for a few days while fixing our steering problem.
As we immediately went in 2 weeks quarantine - we were not allowed to go ashore.
But we were hailed by othe boats who offered to go shopping, take our rubbish ashore etc.
The cruising community is very nice and helpful. We anchored near 3 Norwegian boats.
There must have been more than a hundred sailboats there.

We were also permitted to stay while we waited for a workable weather window to start our Atlantic crossing. The steering problem turned out to be an easy fix. The wires connecting to stering wheel to the rudder had become slack and that n cuased the rudde to have "play".
The wires have been tightened and steering is now working very well.

However we are now siling using the Hydrovane wind rudder.It performs very well.
The main rudder is locked in midship.

We are not happy with our main sail. We had it made in Falmouth in august
and so far never sailed upwind with it. We are struggeling to get vove 30 degrees to the wind.
That means we will use some more time to get us into the easterny going trade winds
that will take us to the Azores.

We have lots of food, drinks and freshwater so we will survive ;)
Radio, reading and knitting keeps us from boredom. We also have a few DVDs to watch.
Oh - we purchased a new portable fridge in Saint-Anne. It is so much more efficient than
the built- in we have and uses very little electricity. We have turned the built in- off.

The weather is still hot. Seatemp around 26C and air 28-30C - we look forward to
when it will drop a bit. Sea state is fine. Waves between 1.5 to 2m and an occational one a little higher.