during the day hours of day 11 we had a great sail, making good speed (between 7,5 - 8,5kn), covering a lot of miles.
unfortunately all good things have to come to an end, and as the night hours arrived the wind changed to a more easterly direction.
to maintain a good course and protect our headsail from flapping, we poled it out and killed the mainsail.
this sail set up also allowed us to react quickly to any fast wind changes we where expecting from passing squalls.
we had a few of these, but with short gusts up to 30kn only for short bouts they were not too much of a worry.
under headsail only maloo got thrown about in the messy seas, rolling from one side to the other (about 35°port to 35°starboard and back again) , making the ride hardly enjoyable and sleep really not easy to come by.
the last 100 miles where hard earned - pretty tired and achy from constantly propping ourselves, we wait how the wind will develop in the morning hours of day 12 and hope for a better wind direction and course again.
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