[password] rachel25
[position] 47 33.930n 004 22.910w
[status] On passage Cabo Verde to Lorient, France. Day 21.

A quiet 24 hours. No engine! Ithaka has been sailing herself towards Lorient averaging about 4 knots in the light but steady westerly wind. Meanwhile we have been cleaning the boat, and getting her ready for port. I disconnected the drogue which has been sitting in the cockpit since we left the Falklands, ready in case we needed to slow down in big following seas. Thankfully we didn't need it but it was always good to know it was there ready.
This evening, 40 miles from Lorient, we have set our ship's clock to Central European Summer Time, a shift forward of three hours, and the sun has just set at 10PM. We have seen the first gannets, always a sign that we are approaching land, and soon the lights on the rocky Brittany coast will start to illuminate the sky as there beams sweep across our track.
We will enter Lorient at High Water tomorrow, 10am, and our lives will change.

[speed] 3.5 knots
[heading] 085 degrees true
[weather] Wind WSW 8kts. 0.0m waves. Sky 20% cloud. Baro 1016
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