Teneriffe to Cp Verde Day 2

We have had very pleasant sailing since departing Teneriffe and managed to avoid the lee of the island by sailing due south for the first 12 hours, and then regaining o rhumbline to Mindelo Cp Verde

We have engaged “Peter” the Aires wind vane to save on power, so now all the solar is going into the fridge and freezer. Due to our course the solar panels are in the shade for 4 hours a day so we are not getting the solar we would normally get into the system.

Wind is from the NE at 12kts, giving us a True wind angle of 160*, so it is perfect sailing conditions with Sunday Island rolling gently in the swell and averaging just under 6kts and making 140nm over the past 24hrs with very little effort. I considered get the spinnaker out today, but when we are making 6kts and not racing, we decided to keep it in the bag.

There are few other boats out here in the Atlantic ocean. We have seen a few other yachts sailing south on AIS, but have not had the pleasure of a visual sighting. The yacht Tiger Lilly is presently 8nm ahead of us on the same rhumb line and we are slowly closing her. With any luck we can overtake close enought to say Hi on the VHF.

Most of the day has been spent reading and playing cards with the kids. Emilie did an hours school work this morning but given it is the first day at sea the crew are a bit dozy at times, unless they are runnign about the cabin playing with stuffed penguins who seem to have taken up nesting in various places around the boat.

At 1700 our fising line went zing and we landed a nice 5-6kg Mahi (Male). The Mahi put up a very good fight to the end, but died with our blessing. The kids love to watch the fish being caught and cleaned and its a good opportunity for a biology lesson. Dinner tonight is baked Mahi with potato’s. We are defiantly not on sailors rashions of hard tack biscuts, only the best meals on Sudnay Island.