Keep on moving

Today the light winds continued but our Yanmar iron sail is keeping us
moving at a decent speed.Great news is that the weather forecast I
received from Mom Kay predicts a turn of fortune and we are bound to
have our sails filled with good winds from behind.A big element of
sailing long distances is patience and knowing that things will
change.Our two genoas up front is flogging somewhat every now and then
as we try to squeeze every bit of speed combining both motor and sail.

Conditions once again looked fair for landing a fish and although we
trawled the lure behind us for most part of the day nothing came of
it.But no lure,no fish so we keep on trying.To compensate gareth served
tuna nuggets in a fresh salad mix and it was rather refreshing and
delicious to boot.For lunch we had leftovers from last night hence a
lighter supper.

I read yesterdays posting and was aghast at the little kistakes that
krept in.I never edited the few paragraphs,just wrote and posted and
happy to learn that there is always room for improvement.Thanks Armchair
Sailor for enjoying it nevertheless.It is as much a pleasure for us to
share our experiences as it is for you reading it.I really don't mean
for it to be that good that you want to resign immediatly and fly to
Fortaleza to join us there,but do enjoy the sentiment behind the motion.

We haven't seen any ships,birds or dolphins for a while now but a flying
fish here and there scurrying out of our way and graciously flying for a
good distance before diving back in the water keeps us amused.They are
amazing little creatures and their ability to control their flight
phenomenal.What we have seen in the last few days are very vivid
rainbows,strange cloud patterns and then the lovely sight of long thin
lines of cirrus cloud heralding a low forming which means wind to us as
the air flow from high to fill the low pressure.The Atlantic high is
somewhat smaller this time of the year and we hope to out of its grip
soon.

Today we have also turned the clock another hour back as we move through
the time zones and we are now three hours behind SA time.The sun rises
three hours later here than there.Our position at 21:00 boat time was
12*58'S/014*36'W.If you google earth our position you will see that we
are pretty much in the mid Atlantic.We have now also covered 2280 nm and
3620 nm to go.The barometer is at 1018,water and air temperature at 26*C
and wave height about 1.5 mtr.We wish you a pleasant Sunday and also
wish you were here to experience the enormous body of water we call
ocean all around us.