Well, day 5 ended as a short distance day as the wind was very light and variable most of the day. Our daily total in mileage was only 93, but at least we moved in the right direction forward. It has been a slow day today as well going between having the engine on and off as we wanted to at least stay with a minimum of 4 knots, but fortunately the times when the wind was around to help we got up to 5 and 6 knots. We will see tomorrow AM what our total is.
It is 6:30PM and we have finished dinner and getting ready for the night sail. We have the navigation lights turned on and doing another check around the deck for any possible chafe on the lines and clearing off any flying fish we have caught today on deck.
The wind is starting to pick up which seems to be more the rule we are finding which has been nice. The wind just shifted to the north and is between 11-12 knots so the motor is off again and the sails are working.
There is a cold front just north of us and we are preparing for any increase of wind as well as rain that comes with it. Tsamaya could use a fresh water bath as well.
Got to close to help Bob with the last check of things before it is completely dark again. With quite a few clouds tonight we may not get as much light from the moon tonight, but hopefully we will as it makes the evenings very pleasant. It is always enjoyable to see the bio-luminescence in the water as we sail in the evenings and the moonlight on the water. I have tried taking a few photos and hopefully they will be good enough to share when we get to the Azores and back on our other blog.
Our position at 6:30 PM (2200 UTC) on June 11th is 24.55.56N, 56.06.18W and our heading is 100 degrees magnetic.
Take care & will keep in touch!
Janice & Bob
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