We have arrive in Bonaire and just finished our breakfast. Well we continued our speedy trip and reached a new high speed of 10.9 knots during a rather strong rain storm. We were well ahead of our schedule to arrive here so we furled the jib and ran with only the main with two reefs. Needless to say we arrived off the cast at 4am so really took a slow sail around the coast - about 9 miles - to where we could pick up a mooring bouy. It only got light at about sixish. Its a very dark coastline with lights in the interior that made seeing anything difficult. The chart plotter earned its keep and the coastline showed up very clearly on the radar. The water here is beautifully clear with plenty of fish. This is the cleanest water we have seen since the outer islands of the Canary Islands. Need to sleep now as it was a long night with large swells really giving the boat a good shake up and us no sleep. We will spend a few days here then move on to Curracao which is only a short sail from here.
Cheers for now
Colin and Sandy
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