Avid dot watchers will notice the girls on Fire Ant have been moving quite slowly overnight. This is due to them deploying a drogue during a maintenance period and quite sensibly deciding not to retrieve it during darkness. At first light they will complete their maintanence work, pull in the drogue and hopefully start to speed along again.
Sea conditions have lightened for both boats and are likely to lighten further tomorrow.
Toby Wallace have made 87 nautical miles toward Barbados in their 3rd 24 hour period. Fire Ant’s distance made good is 32 Miles distance made good. Unfortunately the drogue has done just what it is made for, it slowed them down. We expect better results tomorrow.