The wind picked up last night finally as we crossed the windless ridge and we were able to turn to the north and sail, making decent progress on the day with 144 miles travelled and only 20% engine time. Not quite towards Ireland – but a lot closer!

Unfortunately, a couple hours ago a squall came through and ever since then, our wind has diminished – like we’re on the wrong side of some other ridge now. I’m trying to get a GRIB file (weather forecasting file), but the SSB can’t connect with a good station – so we’re sailing rather blind right now.

All well aboard – though both of us have had a sleepless time of it so far. Hopefully in the next 24 hours we’ll be able to catch up somewhat.