1. The west wind.

   A gentle breeze.

2. Any of various soft light fabrics, yarns, or garments.

3. Something that is airy, insubstantial, or passing.

[Middle English Zephirus , Zephyrus , from Latin Zephyrus , from Greek Zephuros .] )

A day of jobs:

1.  Lubricated and moved chaff points on steering lines on the wind vane pilot

2.  Cam cleat on main sheet block not working last night, dismantled and repaired.

3.  Found the leak on the window above the chart table, hopefully now cured

4.  Replaced chaffed through storm jib halyard with old main halyard.  Pleased about that!

5.  Took the jib down and inspected my remaining jib halyard and that looks fine.

6.  All windows open, damp and wet gear all dry (for a while!).

7.  Got to make another hash ...

No sunbathing today, just work, preparing, ahead of the next low.  Looks as though "the stowaway" will be finally gone as we pass Titanic, I am feeling 100% better today.  Got to go and take a reef, as the next low is obviously on its way.

ENDS.

Note from Dublin Comcen:  The Titanic was an important psychological waypoint for ET3 and its skipper (apart from being an iconic "landmark"), at noon today he passed roughly 50 miles south of the point where the engine and telemotor were found (according to Google Earth anyway!).  Dad will be very pleased to have passed this close, after about 2,500 miles, as he always said he was "heading for the Titanic"!