We have been doing a great job of going east but the winds haven't allowed us to go south as much as we would have liked. We are stuck on the north side of a high pressure ridge and to get south of it requires a few days of solid motoring into the wind, which neither us or Raftan enjoy.
Believe it or not we have used only 2 gallons of fuel and half of that was when we left Hampton. I suspect most others have used 30-50 gallons. It looks like there is a 20% chance of a tropical low forming east of the Virgin Islands. Even if it does not form it will bring strong weather that we will need to sail through later in the week.
Given our current position and the concern about a tropical storm, we will likely stop in Bermuda early Wednesday morning. We have been aware of this system potentially forming since before we left and in fact it was given a 1 in 2 chance of forming when we left Hampton. Patrice (Raftan) and I have always viewed Bermuda as a safe bail out point and current winds are allowing us to sail directly there.
Jon.
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