37:12N 13:16W

Time   1800 utc

Nearest Land Cape St Vincent  160 miles

Gibraltar   368 miles

 

Another hard day at sea. No ; but the wind has filled in a little so after doing under 5 knots all day we are now over 5 and expect the wind to increase and veer  to our advantage.

 

It  was a domestic day First the washing of the decks by Russell and Simon and cockpit by James which was badly needed.

James then baked a magnificent loaf. No recipe necessary. Just memory of his HE class. The skipper wanted to interpret the package from Portuguese but James insisted No! We will be having a tasting tomorrow and will report on the blog.

 

Some of the fruit is starting to go off so we are having a big sweet of mango and pineapple tonight.

 

We saw 2 shearwaters today the first for a while

A large container vessel passed across our bows about 5 miles heading north.

On the skippers watch a sailing boat showing its port light passed heading west presumably to the Azores. It was only 200 metres away. We called on VHF but got no reply. What about that on this big ocean.

 

The weather was sunny today and a little warmer.

 

We had several sail changes as the wind had not decided what to do but now we are broad reaching under full rig with mizzen stay sail at 6 knots.

 

 

James demonstrated how to peel a mango after skipper had made a mess.

Russell is preparing the following menu

 

Starter

Pate de fois gras with buttered toast fingers

 

 

Fish Course

Fried small fish

 

Lemon sorbet (home made)

 

Main Course

Chicken in a mango sauce

Pettite Pois

Marinated white cabbage

Dauphinoise Potatoes

 

Sweet

Pineapple Kirch

Ice cream

Honey

 

Wines

Cocktail Pina Colada

White wine  Sauvignon Blanc

Red Wine   Merlot

Sweet        Sauterne

                                            

            

                                                         This is what it really what it looks like!!!