Always look at the bright side of life, (whistle).....

Always look at the bright side of life, (whistle)…..

…I'm not too sure about the rest of the lyrics, but I hope you get my point! Yesterday was really about finding those small things that make you happy. Like for instance finding an extra pair of dry socks to warm the freezing feet and discover a lost package of crackers. But what really made the grey, rainy horrible day much better was a message on the satellite phone from Peter Knudsen. Thank you very much for your contribution, Peter, so kind of you!

And as they say, every cloud has a silver lining. Today I woke up to a sun shining from a clear blue sky and a the wind coming from a pleasant westsouthwesterly direction. It was little too close downwind though causing the headsail to hide behind the main so I helped Emelie put up the spinnaker pole and voila we increased speed at once with little more than 1 knot! Wonderful! We have been butterfly sailing smoothly since noon and hoping to continue doing so all the way to Horta, Faial. At the moment our ETA is Thursday afternoon, so let's pray the weather forecast is true and we can keep the southwesterly wind! Love/First Mate Sofia