As day broke we sailed out of the low pressure system we'd been caught in for days - it was quite dramatic - behind us big banks of grey cloud billowing upwards and ahead of us blue sky and white whispy clouds! We set the sails and found the Easterly winds again and had a good sail until evening. We had a small squall just before tea time, but with the help of the radar we navigated through a narrow band of it in around 30 mins and out the other side. The wind dropped after it however and we plodded on into the dark - by midnight we were down to 1.5 knots so we started the engine. Just turned it off (08:30) which is good news as we are down to 1/3rd of a tank of fuel so trying to sail as much as possible.
Less than 1000 miles to go - around 940, so fingers crossed we should be there early next week (Tues / Wed?)
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