69 d 25.00 W
time 09:30 trying to steer a course of 150 degrees or as far south as possible.
Well Merry Christmas everyone. The weather has moderated quite a bit and we are making a reasonable heading. The seas are still a bit lumpy but getting better all the time. We have three reefs in the main which is still a very big sail and a full genoa going at present. The last time we set the main we tempted fate and that is when the big winds started coming. But today we figured hey its Christmas the weather should be fine, and so far two hours in it has been. We have sailed a lot of the way but mainly under headsail alone. The main is pretty big and cumbersome but once set sails well.
Just before we left Laura and Steve's, Laura handed us two bags of presents - a his and a hers, to be opened on Christmas. We will post pictures on this blog when we get to internet but now all we can do is describe it. The two bags were pretty enough and they could have been stuffed with old newspapers and we would have been happy but we opened them up and found lots and lots of small individually wrapped presents. Great fun ripping open package after package to find some gift or other. Thank you Laura and Steve. We also received a Christmas card from mom, at Laura's. As we had already left she scanned it and emailed it to us so we could open it up on Christmas day as well. Sorry Aunt Anita the chocolates you sent were devoured before we even left North Carolina but they were good. Same goes for Aunt Kathy's Cinnamon rolls, but hey at least they made it to NC, well most of them!
Anyway it is nice to know we are so blessed with people who care about us. And with just over a thousand mile to go we hope Neptune also decides to shine on us gracefully. Mom, sorry we missed Midnight Mass this year. Couldn't get the priest to make a boat call!
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