Slightly the right direction

4th July 2010 Noon. 38deg 54N 34deg 57W.
178 miles to go and heading due north at 1.4kts. But, caught a little squid for lunch so all is not so bad. Made 34 miles towards Flores in last 24 hours, at least not backwards. Warmer today, pressure way up at 1030mb.
13.30 Little breeze from sse, now doing 3.5kts NE. Seems to be the way, little breeze for a while, unreef everything, breeze drops and get fed up with the sails slatting so reef everything. But nice to be moving even if only slowly. Sort of in the right direction as well.

5th July 2010. 04.45. 39deg 34n 34deg 29w. Pressure 1030.5mb. 155 miles to go.
All sail up again after reefing in at 2am when the banging got too much. Lovely little breeze this morning. Shame we´re pointing towards Shetland. If there was plenty food onboard I´d keep going but fresh food wins hands downWatre must be getting a bit low as well, though there´s 40 litres still left in plastic containers. Beautiful morning, clear and sunny and cool. Heading 040deg close hauled, Flores is 090deg. But better to be moving. Great sailing yesterday afternoon, easy motion, quiet, with a little breeze gently pushing the boat along. Not the exactly correct direction of along but does it matter that much, it wasn´t eaxactly the wrong along either. Plane flew over in the afternoon, first I´ve seen in nearly a month at sea, watched the con trail for about 15 minutes, a perfectly straight pure white line across the sky. Flores edging closer, 155 miles now so if the wind would only veer a bit more to the south my dreams of fresh fruit and icecream may come true yet....