We managed 175NM for our first 24 hours towards Bermuda. The wind died in the afternoon so we had to add some engine time to keep us moving. The wind is now forward of the beam (coming from more towards the front than the side) so we swapped the gennaker out for the code zero headsail. We've been making about 6 knots even though we have very light winds, maybe 10 knots or so. The waves/swell are minimal; about 1 meter at times but generally smaller. We placed a bet on the number of boats we would see on our way to Bermuda - Geoff 5, Doug 6, Greg 4. Losers buy the first round on Bermuda.
We've seen 4 ships so far, Helios, Osaka Express, Mol Matrix and Crystal Ace. At this pace we're not likely to have a winner so we will re-guess when we see the 7th ship. We saw a white shape off our starboard this afternoon so we changed course to investigate. It turned out to be a refrigerator.
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