[password] rachel25
[position] 23 05.141n 027 20.862w
[status] On passage, Cabo Verde towards Europe.

Another sunny, trade wind day. Fluffy white cumulus, sparkling sea, Ithaka dancing through the waves with the occasional thump and bang but nothing too bad. We spend our time catching up on sleep, reading, writing and talking.
We left the tropics today, finally saying goodbye to the sun which will reach our present latitude next month and then head south again. Tonight I looked ahead and found that we were pointing at the pole star, and last night the southern cross was only just above the horizon. There is little else to tell of our progress north. We are used to the ocean desert now - no birds, no whales, no dolphins, nothing living sighted since we left Cape Verde. The two flying fish were both dead in the scuppers!
[speed] 5.5 knots
[heading] 340 degrees true
[weather] Wind NE 17kts. 1.0m waves. Sky 20% cloud. Baro 1014
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