Good morning! Another beautiful day after a moonlit night with gentle breeze. We set the spinnaker again last night after lamb chops for supper as the wind had dropped to only about 14kts. Just as well we did as wind has been light all night and is now only about 10 – 12 kts from the NE which is right astern. We have hardened up slightly (10 degrees or so) to keep her moving better. We managed 169nm in the 24 hours to midnight which is terrific (average speed 7kts for 24hrs) and are generally managing over 6kts average speed just now. We are over the Continental Shelf since about 21.00 yesterday and the sea is just a long rolling swell with little fellas on top which push us off course from time to time. It is basically idyllic sailing – Champagne sailing or whatever you want to say! Just beautiful!

All is well on board. Shower day today!

We will download some new weather maps later when Bill has had his kip. Breakfast discussion will be on trying to figure out what the weather is doing and figure out what that nasty looking low over the Azores does beyond Wednesday!

Tim and Bill