Spinnaker at sunset

Monday June 18th
We've had a great 24 hour run across the Grand Banks - the fishing grounds
south of Newfoundland - with calm seas and fresh winds allowing us to stay
exactly on our course to Newport. The temperature decrease has been
dramatic - the sea temperature dropped from 15° to 7° in about five miles,
along with the air temperature too - so it was on with two midlayer fleeces
and the drysuits, to keep warm during the long night watches. The fog
rolled in and we had to be alert to fishing vessels, but only one made an
appearance. We are now back in the deep water, with the Gulf stream warming
us again, under spinnaker and full main, as the wind has eased, driving hard
past Nova Scotia towards Nantucket.
Trev