The steering system is working well. It’s excellent. Fine sunny mild 16/18 knots breeze (just discovered one spells breeze with a Z). Anyway it is from ESE.  Typical trade wind for region.  Progress nice and steady.

The daily water sampling is easy. Supposed to use tweezers but boat rolls too much. So its hands but with gloves gingerly.  Anyway there would have to be base samples out of the ocean different to anywhere else.

Boom bag lazy jacks is good.  When I get to Mauritius will move bag back then will be neat and excellent. The anchor should only be on bow in protected waters or near anchorage.  Not on bow in open ocean. I will have to fix that with a lighter wind.

My bunk is ever so comfortable.  I’m in the tropics yet it is cool by night and mild by day.  Maybe shirt off middle of day. The fans are the world’s quietest,  as is the Super Wind generator.  Super wind not so good mild down wind not enough wind power. New Solar panels terrific by the power of 10.  And I really truly like the Bimini.

I will run the engine in neutral once a week for half hour.  And 5 bold revs before turning off per Yanmar. Reconfigured my electric bilge pumps.  Now 1 each side of bilge, each with separate hose outlet. I sponged out bilge couple of days back, still bone dry. All is good out on the high seas.

My ETA Mauritius, suspect correct  … 2nd December 2019.