Groundhog day again.

4th July 19.00
Wind still light but gone ever so slightly more south, now we´re point towards north of Spain. 120 miles to Flores but now 40 miles to far north, wind needs to keep veering and maybe in couple of days the anchor will dig in to European seafloor again. And ice cold beer will be drunk. Into week 5 today, seems like only, well, about a month ago the anchor was pulling out of the Caribbean seafloor. How time flies. But beautiful sailing these past couple of days. Perfect, apart from the small matter of pointing in slightly the wrong direction. Wonder if there´s decent wifi in Flores, could do with some new computer games, solitaire is getting really boring now. And you can´t cheat.
22.00.
This is just like being at home. Wind dies after dusk so work done for the day, reef in the sails to stop them slatting, have something to eat & wash the dishes, read a book for a while, play guitar for a while and forget where I am, pop outside and wow! i´m drifting around in the middle of the Atlantic ocean with a billion stars overhead. Sometimes, for a second, it´s all so perfect you just have to smile.

5th July 2010. 10.43. 40deg 18n 33deg 07w. 108 miles to go. Day 30.
No landfall today. No wind either. Drifting in minute breeze 060deg at 1kt. Still pointing at north of Spain. Grib shows little westerly tomorrow so might get there then. Nice day though. One onion left, powdered milk all gone, noodles or rice, tinned tuna and black coffee these days. Some fish following the boat but not interested in the little bit of cheese I kept for bait. They look at it but turn away, obviously not cheese eating fish. Flat calm, hardly any swell. Just blue sea and blue sky, couple little clouds. 22deg outside, almost chilly. Completely silent except for a creak now and then from the boat. Even the fridge sounds loud.