The next morning at daylight we headed out again for LIvingston where Raul said that all our paperwork was ready! Great news! The captains went ashore leaving the first mates with a little time to rest, but only a short time!

Captains once again aboard we headed for Tres Puntas thinking to anchor for the night and leave in the morning. However, we reached there early afternoon and the anchorage was very rolly and the seas were calm with a light wind from the west. Decision made. WE would do an overnight passage to Utila with the expectation that we would likely need to motor most of the way there.

As night fell the wind picked up, and up and UP! then changed to North; the very wind that you don't want on this passage! When we hit 7.5 knots of speed we took in sail trying to slow down to be more comfortable. Then the torrential rain hit! I finally sat on the floor of the cockpit in order not to be bounced around too much! However, the boat was handling the conditions well. The Auto Pilot worked and the chart plotter kept us informed of where we were at all times! Some of our friends were having equipment problems on top of the weather situation.

At daybreak the waves were much larger than we wanted to see! But we knew that now we had only an hour or two until we would cross over the reef and be in calmer conditions.