24:24.648N 31:35.513W   We think we are ranked 59 out of 224 boats still in the ARC overall; but about 27 boats left on Sunday….so we are really about 37 out of 197 boats still in the ARC which left on Tuesday.  Wind gusts up to 37 knots last night….this morning steady 22-28 knots, 9.4 knots through the water, course 260 degrees…5 days down and 1035 miles behind us…207 miles per day…1763 miles to go!  This has been our strategy….to get fast winds and go fast  after our jibe 2 days ago…and we are  expecting this for the next 2 days…after which we should be able to celebrate “half way there”!  So how did Cap PROVISION for 5 guys for 3-4 weeks (duration was with contingency!)…he started with years of experience when he was captain of a charter sailboat in the Caribbean!  He also is a watch captain, just like the rest of us.  Here is a list of just some of what he procured in 4 trips to the Corte Ingles in Las Palmas….no fast or prepared foods here…all “boat cookin’ dinners”, which we eat together, while lunch and breakfast is “jump up” and get your own!  Here is a partial list: 10 doz eggs..5# bacon..5# sausage..8# hamburger..5# pork tenderloin..10# beef tenderloin..12# chicken..10 # regional meats..15# cheese..15 pts yogurt..5 gal milk..5# butter..3# tomatoes..5# oranges..3# tangerines..3# apples..10# potatoes..3 # onions..2# peppers..1# eggplant..2# celery..1# mushrooms..6 heads lettuce..6 bags spinach..4 whole chickens..10# pasta..5# frozen shrimp..10 cans tuna..2 chutney..3 peanut butter..4 jelly..5# cream cheese..10 jar red sauce..5 bags nacho chips..3 olive oil..20 5liter bottles water..24 cans beer (1 beer each, in calm conditions, once in a while for dinner)..4 cases soda..5 gal juices..2 maple syrup..8 boxes cereal..12 box crackers..12 box cookies..5 pt Haagen Dazs..60 wrap shells..15 pkg ½ baked bread..7 tins nuts..5 bakery mixes..8# coffee..1 bottle champagne (for the ½ way celebration!).  Further, Cap draws on Vicki’s staples aboard, including flour, sugar, and about 30 different spices.  We make our own water, so the water is mostly “contingency” should the watermaker fail.  The pictures show  Cap in the galley, which he keeps very clean and orderly so he has work space available to do his magic!  You can also see boxes of food as it arrived on the boat…boxes which were quickly emptied and removed from the boat, since cockroaches can be a significant problem, and they get aboard in the cardboard…and then you see just some of the working storage..refrigerator, freezer, cabinets…with food stored below decks throughout the saloon and galley.  Another day: Meals aboard.  Tomorrow: more Atlantic history.  Mike