May 4th, Day 15

Trip metre 5340

Distance to Horta 1427

Distance sailed in 24 hrs 54

DMG 32

Yesterday and last night was more of the same, very light and variable direction wind.  Always beating. In the early hours of the morning a 15m French yacht sailed past at 4 knots versus my 2 knots.  At sunrise the wind picked up from the NE (so right where Horta is) but slowly eased off again until there was absolutely nothing, just rolling back and forth in the swell, going nowhere, except backwards in the current.  Windy forecasts some light wind later today and maybe a bit better tomorrow.  But Windy keeps changing its mind.  I ate 2 eggs last night and released some cracked ones into the sea.  They had been cracked for some time judging by the mess in the carton.  Now only 4 eggs left.  Sea very lumpy now and the motion is throwing what little wind there is out of the sails.