Doldrums

I am still plugging along in the doldrums. The weather is actually very nice except for very little wind interspersed with huge squalls that blow 30 knots. They are all around me and they definitely keep you busy trying to decide if it will hit or miss. I seem to have a ways to go yet to get back to the east trades. Possibly another 2 days. I am trying to keep my speed up for the obvious reasons. Also my friend I met in Bora Bora left for Hawaii 8 days after me. My goal is to arrive before him. He
has a very fast 50' boat so it could be close. I will be glad to get back to the trade winds for the final leg to Hawaii. They should be 20 knots when I get there which will be fast but a bit rough.