May 12th

Trip metre 5985

Dist to Horta 876

Dist 24 hrs 89

DMG 80

1300UTC

Rain all day yesterday and through the night.  Saw a ship on AIS at 4am and then a yacht.  They were doing 5 knots and me 2.5.  Then discovered they were motoring when they passed me.  Spoke to them on VHF to confirm my AIS is working ok and he said they saw me from 16 miles. Saw another 2 ships this morning.  Just had a pod of pilot whales paying a visit, didn't hang around for long because I am moving too slowly (wind has dropped).  Batteries very low, complete cloud cover and just getting a slow trickle charge.