37 30.422N 012 48.458E Noonsite off the coast of Sicioly

Pipedream
Fri 9 Sep 2011 10:32
Got fuel this morning as the fuel dock opened up at 9 AM. Were motorsailing pretty well at about 5 kts and the wind shifted to straight on our nose at around 17 kts. Slowed down to 4 kts now. We are making for Almerimar, Spain which is a long way off a(6 or 7 days) and will try to keep going as long as the wind allows. Today was supposed to be variable winds and should settle down tonight comming from the east blowing us to Spain. Hah... fat chance.

All is going well. Plenty of fresh food on board and the heat has dropped so that it is only 78 or so down below with the engine running. We will come to the end of Sicily a little south of Marsala an hopefully we can turn the corner and head a bit north and catch some more wind.

It is good to be moving again. I think we were both getting a little cabin fever hole up in Sciacca. Nice marina and nice folks for maybe 3 or 4 days. Gets a bit ripe after that. More later.