The crew is doing well and adjusting to the life at sea – reading, playing games and relaxing. We have settled into the routines of the watch, sleep, and meal schedule. Today after lunch, the highlight of the day happened when 10-15 very playful dolphins joined our sail – playing around the bow of the boat and jumping out of the water. All man came on board regardless of naptime!
The rest of the passage is probably going to be slow according to the Grib files (weather files), yet very comfortable, as winds the last 12 hours have been 10-14 kn from behind, which converts into 5-6 kn of speed for North Star. The last 24 hours, we have only sailed 138 nm, which is slow for us. We still have 567 nm to go and a forecast which says 10-12 kn wind from N and NE, with moderate swells. But let us see how it develops. The weather is not easier to forecast out here than on dry land.
Position is 23 deg 49*N and 018 deg 07 W, SOG is 5.8 and COG is 240 deg.