May 18th 1300 UTC

Trio metre 6329 nm (set to in Tenerife before the Atlantic crossing)

Distance to Horta 601 nm

Distance in 24 hrs 58 nm

Distance Made Good 48 nm

Wind slowly picking up. Seas small but tumbling with current against wind.  Gybed a few times last night to keep on course.  I'm sailing a bit faster than I would like as I want to stay south of N32.5 by midday on Tuesday (tomorrow).  I might drop the jib a bit later.  Still some sun between clouds and topping up the batteries as no sun forecast for tomorrow.  Finished my last onion last night, no more fresh veg, but still got plenty of food.   Starting to get more uncomfortable, boat being thrown around on increasing waves, and looking very grey to the north.