Day 3 No wind

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Wed 4 Jun 2008 12:48
43:10.83N 10:15.55W

The rest of Tuesday became very boring as the wind vanished and eventually
we started up the engine again, both to charge the batteries and make some
progress.
(worth perhaps mentioning that the generator failed to work today. Same
fault that it had back in UK which had been fixed or so we thought.)

Rather losing our awe of visiting playful dolphins as this is now a regular
occurence! Sarah has been sitting on the bow with her Whales, Dolphins and
Seals book (good present from her Dad) .noting what each group are.

Weather forecast for later on was for a good deal more wind, so we put in a
reef in preparation as it got dark, but in vain as the wind still did not
come. This means that we roll quite a bit as the Atlantic rollers pass under
us,but it is an easy motion.

Wednesday morning (today) is grey and dull with wind from the NW force 2.
The good news is that we are off Cape Finisterre and have around 90 mile
left to Bayona. All we have to do is cross the very busy shipping lanes
which will certainly keep us focussed.

We have always been told that it takes a few days to get into a
sailing/passage making routine and in our case this is spot on. Suddenly it
is not just an endless round of either trying to sleep, or being on watch
alone, as the body adjusts to the situation.

Spanish flag on the crosstrees, as we approach land. (well we hope the land
is there, but we cannot see it yet!)

Hope very much to tie up in Bayona this evening as we now are making 8 knots motor sailing