38:11.648 N  021:51.290 W

03/07/10

15:30

Still motoring.  Wind NE Force 3.  We decide to alter course 20 degrees Northwards to have a better wind angle when it does come. Sea calm. Blue Skies....

04/07/10

00:00

Not much to report.  Wind ENE Force 4. Still motoring. Broken cloud and stars, no moon yet,  884 to go. The boring engine bores our way through the sea.

06:45

An indifferent dawn, obscured by cloud cover on the horizon, however the wind has gone NE Force 4 and we’re sailing at last.  We’re only making 6 knots but at last it’s quiet.

11:00

The 100 foot Swan we were rafted up to in Horta has appeared on our Starboard quarter. HOPPETOSSE was doing about 10 knots  compared to our 8 but he has just dropped his sails.  We’re not sure what they are up to.