May 21 1300UTC

Trip meter 6559

Dist to Horta 410

Dist in 24 hrs 101

DMG 89

The wind eased off yesterday afternoon but swells still close to 4m from NW and wind from SW.  I dropped the main for the night to get some sleep.  I saw a ship maybe 5 miles away on my bow but no AIS signal.  The catamaran yesterday I could see on AIS from 6 miles away.

Comfortable sail overnight but strong current from the NW.  Wind is slowly picking up again and 25 knots forecast for this evening.  It should be calming down tomorrow and then no wind at all the day after.  The weather still looks uncertain after that.  All okay on board.  Lunch time and back to my book.