38:33.609 N
029:12.767 W
29/06/10
00:30
The wind dropped to 5 knots or so for an hour so I gave
up and started the engine, As there
was no wind the Cruising Chute furled with no problem. The cloud cover closed in at sunset, so
we didn’t really get a sunset or a moonrise. It’s cleared a bit now and the moon is
full. If we carry on motoring we’ll
get in at 11pm local time tomorrow
evening.
10:00
Still motoring. Still no wind. Flat sea. Sunshine, We didn’t have the dawn chorus
of dolphins this morning, although Adam reports a delegation in the middle of
the night, which made him junp as they jumped and splashed right next to the
boat.
15:00
No change. There is wind to the North and to the West but
not any any where near us.
ETA 10 pm local, maybe in time for last orders at Peter’s
Cafe Sports Bar.
We’ve been seeing Portuguese Man of Wars passing by close
to the ship with their peculiar “sails,” which makes sense as we’re approaching
the Portuguese
Islands of the
Azores. Once
we clear in there we will be back in Europe as far as the
paperwork goes.
18:00
Yesterdays 24 hour run was 179 miles with a big chunk of
it under power. 30 miles to
go. We can see
land.
