Away from Palmerston

The barbeque/dance yesterday got partially rained out. A huge weather system moved overhead in the early afternoon and dumped 4+ inches of rain and caused winds over 30kn... not exactly party weather! Many of the crew of the Picton Castle, who were to provide the dancing entertainment, were recalled back to the ship in case they had to weigh anchor and put to sea. The food was all cooked and set out so we had a feast anyway, and they'll have another today, but we won't be there. The weather improved, we've got nice winds and a forcast that look like we should have continued nice wind all the way to Nuie, so we had to go. We're currently flying the spinnaker and the genoa (an odd combination), making 5-6kn more or less in the right direction. It'll about 4 days to get there at this rate. Plane Sailing is about 4 hours ahead, all the others planned to leave today, but got talked into staying for the party. We sure had a great time on Palmerston. What a unique place!

Cheers, -Pete