May 8th Day 19

Trip metre 5629

Distance to Horta 1194

Distance in 24 hrs 83nm

Distance Made Good 72nm

1300UTC

Yesterday was very nice calm sailing and I had a long saltwater shower.  I also made a new friend, a little pilot fish riding the bow wave.  The night was clear and calm and I had the hatches open to cool things down.  I was rudely awakened by lots of flapping from the mainsail only to discover the shackle holding the main sheet to the strop on the boom was gone.  I got that sorted with a spare shackle and had to reef a bit later as it started blowing over 15 knots.   Been slamming and bouncing since then.  Making okay speed though,  Very hot and humid today.  Heard some thunder and saw some very threatening clouds but not too close.