onward...

Departed Nevis at 9:30pm, headed to St Bart's. The wind is strong, coming from the east, and has been for days now so we're going to sail along the southern coast of St Kitts before turning northward for St Bart's to avoid the sizeable ocean swell as long as possible. Otherwise we would have slipped between Nevis and St Kitts to get more wind sooner.
Under single-reefed main and full genny we're making 8.5 knots in relatively flat water - maybe 2-3 ft waves. We can see the lights of Nevis and St Kitts and the stars are out. It's a bit colder than it has been; I'm a little chilly when I'm in the wind with a long sleeve shirt on (and shorts) but a bit too warm when inside and out of the wind.
The picture is of the lights of St Kitts.