It's a beautiful night, clear dark skies and all the stars are out. We are currently 35 miles from our waypoint that we are steering to off the south coast of Barbados. We remain running with the wind under the gennaker alone at about 8 knots. We were a bit concerned that we would have to take the gennaker down due to excessive wind but it has abated some and we remain sailing comfortably.
The only cloud I can see is ahead just to starboard. I believe this may be directly over the island as islands tend to cause clouds to form over them. Also, I believe this cloud may have the tiniest bit of backlighting which may be from lights on the island which would still be below the horizon.
Next up, there is a lighthouse on the southernmost point that we should start to see when we are 17 miles off.
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