Day 8
Sonas
Malcolm McPherson / Rich Butterworth
Sun 5 Jun 2011 18:42
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Position 30:26:3N
053:12:6W
Heading ENE
Dawn of day 8 at sea and as the
blanket of stars faded with the rising sun the wind finally started to increase
and veer to the South allowing us to have a long awaited break from the sound of
the engine rumbling away and set a course towards the Azores.
It didn't last very long 10 hours
later and the donkey is once again at work as the breeze has
fallen.
James continues with the fishing
efforts undeterred by losing another lure yesterday, I'm sure that the fish are
keeping them as jewellery.
Our progress Northwards has been
marked by a couple of changes. Longer days and the vast fields of
Sargasso weed have cleared to leave armadas of Portuguese men of war
sailing towards the East with us.
The skies have continued clear
which has helped James with celestial nav work although some shortcomings in the
arithmetic haven't helped with the final results so far but he has assured
me that we are in the Northern hemisphere.
 Thanks to the people who have sent
emails to the crew, it's always good to get messages from friends and
family while we're out here.
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