Slow motion
We did pass Siracusa some time ago but have not moved much. We are still hours from leaving the straights. We are still sailing at 2 knots boat speed, which is very slow indeed! Stig sailed away from the shore and is now few miles behind our boat. We get some gusts, very few and very short. But some. The boat is very silent. We hear the squeeking of the boom or a sheet rubbing on the deck. Voices are soft and sometimes whispering so one can hear and concentrate to see where the wind will come from. Middle of the night, the stars have replaced the moon, but the team on deck is on alert, the ones below have a peace short sleep before their next shift. Only the navigator and the tactician are on their own timing; they need the flexibility to react and anticipate the next move. Right now they are both sitting next to each other by the chart to see how best we could plan our next move. How could we make the boat go faster!