1200 04/05/13

After a boring motor since mid morning yesterday the promisd NW wind arrived early this  morning and we have been sailing since 0440. We now have 15 knots and have changed to the jib, and taken down 1 reef to make it more comfortable in the gusts but still doing over 7 K. Sailing a few degrees low on our rhumb line course tokeep up speed, and the wind is predicted to free in the next few hours. Still no fish despite a couple of strikes but we are not yet reduced to drawing straws for who to eat first!

Time for a beer before lunch.